Mellor / Patterson-Kane / Stafford The Sciences of Animal Welfare

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0769-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: UFAW Animal Welfare

The Sciences of Animal Welfare analyses the diverse,interconnecting subjects which constitute this fascinatingmultidisciplinary field, whilst also considering the limitationsand benefits of those subjects to the development and future ofAnimal Welfare Science. This book examines past, present and futurepractices and thinking, including the wide-ranging interests withinsociety that influence attitudes towards animals and conversely howanimal welfare scientists may influence those attitudes.
Key themes of the book include:
* Multi-disciplinary working and its benefits: how we canobtain fresh insights, enliven our thinking and improve animalwelfare by operating widely within diverse disciplines
* Questioning the fundamental assumptions we each makeabout animals and their functional capabilities.
The authors acknowledge the field's debt to past successesin animal-based science disciplines, successes that markedlyimproved animal welfare long before the concept of animal welfareentered common parlance. They also recognise the problems whichunexpectedly arose, and anticipate future successes.
Suggesting innovative approaches to Animal Welfare Science, andwritten by world renowned experts, The Sciences of AnimalWelfare is essential reading for anyone interested, studying orcurrently working in Animal Welfare Science.
This book is part of the UFAW/Wiley-Blackwell AnimalWelfare Book Series. This major series of books produced incollaboration between UFAW (The Universities Federation for AnimalWelfare), and Wiley-Blackwell provides an authoritative source ofinformation on worldwide developments, current thinking and bestpractice in the field of animal welfare science and technology. Fordetails of all of the titles in the series see www.wiley.com/go/ufaw.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mellor, David

Patterson-Kane, Emily

Stafford, Kevin J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Part 1 Introduction.
1 Focus of Animal Welfare.
Part 2 Paths from the Past.
2 Agricultural Sciences and Animal Welfare: Crop Production andAnimal Production.
3 Veterinary Science and Animal Welfare.
4 Genetics, Biotechnology and Animal Breeding: MixedBlessings.
Part 3 Assessment of Animal Welfare.
5 Animal Welfare, Grading Compromise and MitigatingSuffering.
6 Standardized Behavioural Testing in Non-Verbal Humans andOther Animals.
Part 4 Human Inputs and Animal Welfare.
7 Human-Animal Interactions and Animal Welfare.
8 Environmental Enrichment: Studying the Nature of Nurture.
9 Social Contexts of Animal Welfare.
Part 5 Thinking Outside the Box.
10 Integrated Perspectives: Sleep, Developmental Stage andAnimal Welfare.
11 The Wider Context of Animal Welfare Science.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

David J Mellor is Professor of Animal Welfare Science,Professor of Applied Physiology and Bioethics, and Co-Director ofthe Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Centre at MasseyUniversity, New Zealand.
Emily Patterson-Kane is an Animal Welfare Scientist atthe American Veterinary Medical Association in Illinois, USA.
Kevin J Stafford is Professor of Veterinary Ethology andCo-Director of the Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Centre atMassey University, New Zealand.
UFAW, founded 1926, is an internationally recognised,independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity.This book is an excellent new edition to the UFAW series.