Animals and Human Society
Editat de Colin G. Scanes, Samia Toukhsatien Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 sep 2017
- Features research-based and pedagogically sound content, with learning goals and textboxes to provide key information
- Challenges readers to consider issues based on facts rather than polemics
- Poses ethical questions and raises overall societal impacts
- Balances traditional animal science with companion animals, animal biology, zoonotic diseases, animal products, environmental impacts and all aspects of human/animal interaction
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780128052471
ISBN-10: 0128052473
Pagini: 540
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 x 32 mm
Greutate: 1.07 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
ISBN-10: 0128052473
Pagini: 540
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 x 32 mm
Greutate: 1.07 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Public țintă
undergrads in science and non-science majors, in biological science, pre-veterinary science, public health, animal science (internationally zootechnica), veterinary technicians, non-natural science majors, and as a recommended or required text for a class in Animals and Human Society or freshman Animal Science, as well as independently of courses, such as for researchers/ instructors/ graduates/postdocs and/or upper undergraduates in the above-mentioned disciplines and animal behavior, animal science, agriculture, food science, evolutionary biology, conservation biology, ecotoxicology, environmental science, veterinary medicine, public health, infectious disease/epidemiology and zooethnography and other interested readers with a background in biologyCuprins
1. Animal perception – differences with those of people 2. Animal attributes exploited by humans 3. Animal products and human nutrition 4. Animals and human development 5. Hunter gatherers 6. The Neolithic Revolution 7. Domestic agricultural animals 7.a. Impact of livestock globally to alleviating hunger 7.b. The impact of animal genetics 7.c. The impact of animal feeds 7.d. Sustainable livestock production 8. Non-vertebrates 9. Animals in the military 10. Animals in entertainment and sport 10.e. The impact of horse 10.f. The economic impact of horses in the USA 11. Animals in religion, culture and mythology 12. Animals as companions 13. Animals in medicine and research 13.g. Animal experimentation 14. Zoonoses and allergies 15. Pests 16. Parasites 17. Invasive and Introduced Species 18. Impact of Agricultural Animals on the Environment 19. Habitat Destruction 19.h. Animal waste 19.i. Wildlife and environmental pollution 19.j. Human wildlife conflicts 20. Animal welfare vs Animal rights 21. Animal extinctions