Animal physiology by Sandeep Saxena [Hardcover]

Animal Physiology is the essential core text for all thosestudying physiology or zoology. The advances that have taken placein the field of physiology during the last four to five decades arespectacular. It is therefore necessary that the students either atundergraduate or postgraduate level are fully exposed to thesefrontiers in Animal Physiology and the present book is an attemptin this direction. This book provides extensive account of recentdevelopments in the field. The physiology of digestive system, excretory system, nervoussystem, respiratory system and reproduce system etc. are all beingpresented with meticulous care and details. In this textbook, thereis deep and clear explanation about animal habits and theirdisorders. In clear and stimulating style, the book introduces anddevelops the fundamental principles of animal physiology accordingto major environmental features - oxygen, food and energy,temperature, and water. The structure of the book is unchanged from the previousedition, but every chapter has been updated to take into accountrecent developments, with numerous new references and figures.Animal Physiology is suitable as a text for undergraduate andbeginning graduate courses in physiology. Table of Contents Animal Body Organs System Body Temperature Animal Tissues Energy Metabolism Role of Hormones Cell Proteins and Amino Acids The Vitamins The Minerals