The new and updated edition of this accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of the comparative physiology of animals within an environmental context.

Environmental stress is one of the most significant factors affecting livestock performance and health, and it is only expected to increase with effects of glob

When survival is challenged by the cold, animals react by employing both behavioral and physiological solutions. Depending on the magni tude of the cold stress

Within recent years man has become increasingly aware of the disastrous environmental changes that he has introduced, and therefore society is now more concerne