Cover -- Half ttile -- Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Section A Domestic Animals asComparative Models to Humans -- Chapter 1 Equine Exercise Physiology: A Historical Perspective -- Chapter 2 The Pig Model for the Study of Obesity and Associated Metabolic Diseases -- Chapter 3 Growth Hormone and the Chick Eye -- Chapter 4 Porosome Enables the Establishment of Fusion Pore at its base and the Consequent Kiss-and-Run Mechanism of Secretion from Cells -- Section B Molecular Regulation ofGrowth/Metabolic Efficiency -- Chapter 5 Epigenetics and Developmental Programming in Ruminants Long-Term Impacts on Growth and Development -- Chapter 6 Molecular Physiology of Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle -- Chapter 7 Hormonal Control of Energy Substrate Utilization and Energy Metabolism in Domestic Animals -- Section C Reproduction -- Chapter 8 Reproduction in Poultry An Overview -- Section D Animal Stress and Welfare -- Chapter 9 Effects of Stress on Growth and Development From Domestication to Factory Farming -- Chapter 10 Biology of Stress in Livestock and Poultry -- Section E Future Directions -- Chapter 11 Nutrient Transporter Gene Expression in Poultry, Livestock and Fish -- Chapter 12 Novel Peptides in Poultry A Case Study of the Expanding Glucagon Peptide Superfamily in Chickens (Gallus gallus) -- Index