Sturkie's Avian Physiology

1. The importance of avian physiology
2. Avian genomics
3. Transcriptomic analysis of physiological systems
4. Avian proteomics
5. Avian metabolomics
6. Mitochondrial physiology—Sturkie's book chapter
7. Evolution of birds
8. Domestication of poultry
9. The avian somatosensory system: a comparative view
10. Avian vision
11. Avian hearing
12. Chemesthesis and olfaction
13. Taste in birds
14. Avian nociception and pain
15. Magnetoreception in birds and its use for long-distance migration
16. The avian subpallium and autonomic nervous system
17. Blood
18. The cardiovascular system
19. Renal and extrarenal regulation of body fluid composition
20. Respiration
21. Gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology
22. Avian bone physiology and poultry bone disorders
23. Skeletal muscle
24. Immunophysiology of the avian immune system
25. Carbohydrate metabolism
26. Adipose tissue and lipid metabolism
27. Protein metabolism
28. Food intake regulation
29. Overviews of avian neuropeptides and peptides
30. Pituitary gland
31. Thyroid gland
32. Mechanisms and hormonal regulation of shell formation: supply of ionic and organic precursors, shell mineralization
33. Adrenals
34. Endocrine pancreas
35. Reproduction in the female
36. Reproduction in male birds
37. The physiology of the avian embryo
38. Stress ecophysiology
39. Avian welfare: fundamental concepts and scientific assessment
40. Reproductive behavior
41. Growth
42. Circadian rhythms
43. Circannual cycles and photoperiodism
44. Annual schedules
45. Regulation of body temperature: patterns and processes
46. Flight
47. Physiological challenges of migration
48. Actions of toxicants and endocrine disrupting chemicals in birds
49. Blood supplement
50. Carbohydrate supplementary materials

Sturkie’s Avian Physiology, Seventh Edition is the classic, comprehensive, single volume on the physiology of domestic and wild birds. This latest edition is thoroughly revised and updated with several new chapters with entirely new content on such topics as vision, sensory taste, pain reception, evolution and domestication. Chapters throughout have been greatly expanded due to the many recent advances in the field. This book is written by international experts in different aspects of avian physiology. For easy reading and searches, the book is structured under a series of themes, beginning with genomic studies, sensory biology and nervous systems, and major organs. This book is an important resource for ornithologists, poultry scientists, and other researchers in avian studies. It is also useful for students in avian or poultry physiology, as well as avian veterinarians.