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      • Sternwiese Verlag

        Play yourself happy! The educational-therapeutic games and materials of our Sternwiese-Verlag enable individual access to the child's emotions and thoughts. With help of exciting strategies, unique concepts and personable characters will be developing and strengthening of social and emotional skills varied support.

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      • Steinkis Groupe

        Discover our JUNGLE list: comic series for kids, teens and YA. Jungle recently published best-selling comic series, adapted from teens novels such as The Enola Holmes Mysteries (now on Netflix) and The Diary of an 8-bit warrior (Cube Kid). Discover our STEINKIS list: graphic documentaries and graphic adaptation for adults. Steinkis essentially publishes non-fiction graphic books (memoirs, docu-fiction, investigations) and also published graphic adaptation of literary works.

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      • Trusted Partner
        April 2022

        Rabbit Production

        by Steven D Lukefahr, James I McNitt, Peter Robert Cheeke, Nephi M Patton

        Rabbits are versatile animals, farmed for their meat and fur, as laboratory animals, and also as pets. This well-established book continues to provide an overview of domesticated rabbit production, covering topics such as breeding, husbandry, feeding and health. Now in its fully updated tenth edition, it includes an expanded consideration of important issues such as animal welfare and sustainable methods of production. With chapters relating specifically to meat production, pet rabbits, rabbit shows, and angora wool production, this new edition: - Includes new information on the latest methods of artificial insemination, estrous synchronization, embryo transfer, cloning and molecular genetics; - Tackles globally prevalent health issues such as enteritis complex (EC) rabbit enterocolitis (REC), and viral hemorrhagic disease; - Reviews up-to-the-minute developments such as the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on food production, as well as new projects addressing poverty alleviation and food security. Providing updates on worldwide production trends, figures and new feed additive products, this book is an essential resource for anyone involved in rabbit production - from novice to experienced breeders, veterinarians and industry professionals.

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        June 2021

        The Genetics and Genomics of the Rabbit

        by Luca Fontanesi

        Rabbits have many uses - as well as being cherished pets, they are bred for their meat and fur, and as laboratory animals. Understanding their genetics and genomics is key to their production and, equally, to their care, welfare and health. Beginning with an introduction to the rabbit, including key information on their evolution, domestication and breed types, this book then concentrates on the genetics and genomics of this valuable animal.This book covers:- Cytogenetics, genetic maps and QTL mapping;- Immunogenetics;- Genetics of coat colour, meat, fibre and fur production, reproduction, disease resistance and more.Concluding with practical applications such as creating transgenic and genome edited rabbits, biotechnical applications and the rabbit as a biomedical model, this book brings this important topic fully up-to-date. It provides an indispensable resource for animal and veterinary researchers and students, as well as rabbit breeders and laboratory scientists. Chapter 1: The Evolution, Domestication and World Distribution of the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Chapter 2: Rabbit Breeds and Lines and Genetic Resources Chapter 3: The Genome of the European Rabbit and Genomic Tools Chapter 4: Cytogenetics, Physical and Genetic Maps and QTL Mapping in the European Rabbit Chapter 5: Immunogenetics in the Rabbit Chapter 6: Genetics and Molecular Genetics of Coat Colour in the European Rabbit Chapter 7: Genetics of Fibre and Fur Production in Rabbits Chapter 8: Genetics and Molecular Genetics of Morphological and Physiological Traits and Inherited Disorders in the European Rabbit Chapter 9: Genetics of Disease Resistance in the European Rabbit Chapter 10: Genetics and Genomics of Growth, Carcass and Meat Production Traits in Rabbits Chapter 11: Biology of Reproduction and Reproduction Technologies in the Rabbit Chapter 12: Genetics of Reproduction in the Rabbit Chapter 13: Genetic Improvement in the Meat Rabbit Chapter 14: Rabbit Research in the Post-genomic Era: Transcriptome, Proteome and Metabolome Analyses Chapter 15: Methods to Create Transgenic and Genome-edited Rabbits Chapter 16: Pluripotent Stem Cells in Rabbits Chapter 17: Biotechnology Applications in the Rabbit Chapter 18: The Rabbit as a Biomedical Model

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        Veterinary medicine
        December 2014

        Rabbit Behaviour, Health and Care

        by Marit Emilie Buseth, Richard Saunders

        This book is an essential, thorough, very practical guide to understanding and caring for your rabbit. By following the advice in this book, both rabbit owners and veterinary health professionals report healthier and more content rabbits. Developed from the successful Norwegian text Den Store Kaninboka by the award-winning author Marit Emilie Buseth, Rabbit Behaviour, Health and Care will help you: - develop an understanding of the rabbit's nature, which will help you to spot normal and abnormal behaviour; - learn about the correct living conditions in which to keep domestic rabbits, in terms of their behavioural, physical and social needs; - acquire essential knowledge about rabbit nutrition, dentistry and disease; - discover a new and improved approach to rabbit-keeping through stories and case examples of real rabbits; - gain a rewarding owner-pet relationship. Rabbits are extremely popular pets, but misconceptions about their care and behaviour are widespread. Most illnesses or behaviour problems are a direct or indirect result of poor nutrition and care. This book helps veterinarians and rabbit owners to overcome these challenges by understanding the rabbit's nature and needs.

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        July 1963

        Graf Öderland

        Eine Moritat in zwölf Bildern

        by Max Frisch

        Graf Öderland, das ist die Moritat von einem Staatsanwalt, der sich am Vorabend eines Mordprozesses entschließt, aus der fragwürdigen Mechanik, der Mechanik des gewohnten Lebens auszubrechen. Als Graf Öderland zieht er mit seiner Axt durchs Land, Revolutionär und Ankläger zugleich, der zum Schuldigen wird und doch im höheren Sinn Ankläger einer verrückten Welt bleibt.

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        The Rabbit and the Snail

        by Li Donghua, Zou Xiaoping

        The Rabbit and the Snail, an original picture book with a touch of philosophical temperament, tells of the diverse choices made toward life by the traveler rabbit and the botanist snail. The fast-running rabbit is able to embrace the width of life, while the slowly-moving snail experiences the depth of it; the two form a delightful contrast. The rabbit is capable of reaching a distant place, while the snail can spend its whole life on a morning glory that is close at hand. They not only reap the joy of success in their skilled fields but also appreciate a completely different way of life from their own.

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        Veterinary nutrition
        June 2010

        Nutrition of the Rabbit

        by Carlos de Blas, D Allain, E Blas, R Carabano, C Cervera, J García, T Gidenne, P Hernández, Luc Maertens, G G Mateos, J Méndez, M J Villamide, G Xiccato, John A Lowe. Edited by Carlos de Blas, Julian Wiseman.

        Rabbit production systems are important providers of meat in many parts of the world due to the species' many advantages, including rapid growth rate and good reproductive performance. They also provide angora wool, and are popular as companion animals. Bringing together international expertise in rabbit production, topics covered in this authoritative volume include digestive physiology, feed formulation and product quality as well as new contributions on innovative feeding strategies, new methods for feed processing, feed management around weaning and the relationship between nutrition and intestinal health.

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        September 2022

        Mord auf dem Landgut

        Ein Weihnachtskrimi

        by Cyril Hare

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        December 2020

        Dear Yili Pika

        by Zhou Jing, Yu Ge

        "The Childhood Sky—Original Picture Books" series is a set of four eco-illustrated books on environmental protection. The concept of environmental protection is established for children in a positive emotional way. "Dear Yili Pika" tells a story of the health and epidemic prevention officer Li Weidong searching for the Yili Pika throughout his life. He called for the life course of protecting the biodiversity of the Tianshan Mountains to bloom with the brilliance of humanity. The creatures in nature have had a peaceful place to live because of his efforts.

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        June 2009

        Meine Geschichte

        Das Journal 1881 bis 1897

        by Beatrix Potter, Glen Cavaliero, Eike Schönfeld

        Peter Rabbit, der Hasenjunge mit der blauen Jacke, hat seine Schöpferin Beatrix Potter (1866 –1943) weltberühmt gemacht. Die Auflagen und Übersetzungen der Tales of Peter Rabbit sind kaum zu zählen. Bereits als 16jährige führte Beatrix Potter Tagebuch – und zwar in einer Codeschrift. Beginnend mit kindlichsprunghaften Eintragungen, wächst hier vor den Augen des Lesers die weltberühmte Kinderbuchautorin und -zeichnerin heran, eine genaue Beobachterin ihrer Umwelt. So bieten die Aufzeichnungen nicht nur Einblicke in Beatrix Potters Leben, sondern auch ein Stück viktorianischer Geistes- und Kulturgeschichte.

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        Medicine
        December 2019

        Nutrition of the Rabbit

        by Carlos de Blas, Julian Wiseman

        Bringing together international expertise in rabbit production, topics covered in this fully updated volume include digestive physiology, feed formulation and product quality, as well as feeding strategies, feed processing, feed management around weaning and the relationship between nutrition and intestinal health. Brand new to this edition, the chapters also discuss the development of immune response and the role of intestinal microbiota, new dietary sources and additives, and feeding behaviour in pasture and organic feeding. A valuable resource for researchers and students of animal nutrition and production, this book provides a comprehensive, research-based review of nutrition for these important animals.

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        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2018

        Glasses and a Dwarf Rabbit

        by Olha Kupriyan

        Glasses and a Dwarf Rabbit is a good opportunity to think about our similarities and differences. Everyone lives in a unique and interesting world of their own and at the same time can relate to the situations that others are going through. We experience similar situations or read about them in books, and while reading, we worry and smile along with the characters.

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        June 2004

        Der Graf von Monte Christo

        by Alexandre (d. Ä.) Dumas, Pavel Brom, Dagmar Bromova, Meinhard Hasenbein

        Alexandre Dumas (d. Ä.) wurde 1802 als Sohn eines napoleonischen Generals in Villers-Cotterêts geboren, mit 19 Jahren ging er nach Paris ans Theater. Seine Dramen sind heute vergessen, seine Romane dagegen, wie Die drei Musketiere (1844) oder Der Graf von Monte Christo (1845-46) machten ihn berühmt. Alexandre Dumas starb 1870 in Puys bei Dieppe.

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        January 2023

        The Angora Rabbit

        by Mu Ling

        By chance, a good breed of rabbit, No. 03, enters the wilderness in crisis. The male rabbit grew up in a cage and became a weakling who was humiliated and began a life of fearful escape...... The experience of the storm prompted the awakening of the wild nature, and 03 was integrated into the nature step by step, becoming a "wild" rabbit. It has been hunted by carnivorous beasts, even people and hunting dogs, and has experienced calamities including thunder, lightning, water and fire, and finally gained the right to live in the wilderness.

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        March 1978

        Der Graf von Monte Christo

        by Alexandre Dumas, der Ältere, Dagmar Bromova, Pavel Brom, Meinhard Hasenbein

        Edmond Dantés wird wegen angeblicher Konspiration zugunsten des exilierten Napoleon ohne richterliches Verfahren auf dem Marseille vorgelagerten Chtaeau d'If gefangengehalten. Im Kerker kann er mit dem Leidensgenossen Abbe Paria Kontakt aufnehmen. Dieser berichtet von einem sagenhaften Schatz auf der kleinen Insel Monte Christo nahe Korsika. Nach Parias Tod läßt sich der Held als dessen vermeintliche Leiche in einem Sack ins Meer werfen und entkommt. Dank der auf Monte Christo gefundenen Reichtümer begibt sich Dantés Jahre später als geheimnisumwitterter Graf von Monte Christo nach Paris, wo er seine Feinde als Spitzen der Gesellschaft wiederfindet und schließlich Rache an ihnen nimmt.

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        October 2015

        Color atlas of large scale healthy breeding of meat rabbit

        by Yin Yulong

        This book introduces the advanced and practical technologies in modern scale meat rabbit production, such as pig farm planning and construction, environmental sanitation and biosafety, breed and breeding, feed and ration preparation, feeding management, pig disease prevention and control, manure treatment and operation management. It is a practical technical guidance book on large-scale healthy breeding of meat rabbit, which is also complete China's first large-scale breeding farm as a reference color atlas book.

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        January 2022

        Tularemia, Second Edition

        by Susan Hutton Siderovski and Christine Adamec

        “Rabbit fever,” otherwise known as tularemia, is transmitted mostly through blood-sucking insects, including fleas, ticks, and deer flies. The contributing bacterium for this disease, Francisella tularensis, was once commonly hosted by rabbits, but these insects have taken over the role of carriers. In Tularemia, Second Edition, students will learn about the symptoms of this disease, as well as the effects, treatment options, history, and carriers while examining specific case studies.

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        June 2020

        A Little Bunny Stealing Watermelon

        by Yang Yongqing

        A little bunny often ran to the grandfather's melon fileld to steal watermelon. In order to stop the little bunny, the grandfather figured out an interesting way, and finally the little bunny confessed. The story is very humorous and contains the principle of tolerance. Its style continues Yang Yongqing's consistent realism, precision, and expressiveness.

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