عنوان

Are we pushing animals to their biological limits? :

(Number (ISBN

1786390558

(Number (ISBN

1786390566

(Number (ISBN

9781786390554

(Number (ISBN

9781786390561

Erroneous ISBN

178639054X

Erroneous ISBN

9781786390547

Title Proper

Are we pushing animals to their biological limits? :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

welfare and ethical implications /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Temple Grandin, Martin Whiting.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

CABI,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (vii, 213 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Introduction: use new genetic technologies and animal breeding methods carefully to avoid problems -- Domestication to Dolly and beyond: a brief history of animal modification -- Good for whom? Differences between human and animal enhancement -- Working equids: the welfare of those worked to their limit -- Genetics and other technologies for increasing the productivity of cattle, sheep and pigs: welfare implications -- Technologies for increasing the productivity of poultry: welfare implications -- Selective breeding, cloning and gene editing of dogs and cats for appearance and performance traits -- Methods to increase fish production: welfare and sustainability implications -- Welfare concerns in genetically modified laboratory mice and rats -- Cloning, editing and GMOs for animal enhancement -- From bionic cat to superdog: ethical challenges of advanced prosthetic technology in veterinary medicine -- Animal welfare and the brave new world of modifying animals -- A duty to the enhanced, not a duty to enhance: welfare responsibilities associated with domestication -- Pressing animals beyond their biological limits -- Concluding: pushing animals to their limits.

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Text of Note

"Stimulating and thought-provoking, this important new text looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to an animal's telos, behaviour and physiology, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses. These changes may involve selective breeding for production, appearance traits, or competitive advantage in sport, transgenic animals or the use of pharmaceuticals or hormones to enhance production or performance. Changes may impose duties to care for these animals further and more intensely, or they may make the animal more robust. The book considers a wide range of animals, including farm animals, companion animals and laboratory animals. It reviews the ethics and welfare issues of animals that have been adapted for sport, as companions, in work, as ornaments, food sources, guarding and a whole host of other human functions. This important new book sparks debate and is essential reading for all those involved in animal welfare and ethics, including veterinarians, animal scientists, animal welfare scientists and ethologists"--Publisher's description.

Title

Are we pushing animals to their biological limits?

International Standard Book Number

9781786390547

Animal welfare-- Moral and ethical aspects.

Animals-- Effect of human beings on.

Animal breeding.

Animal production.

Animal welfare-- Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Animals-- Effect of human beings on.

Aquatic animals.

Aquatic organisms.

Biotechnology.

DNA cloning.

Domestic animals.

Domestication.

Ethics.

Fish production.

Genes.

Genetic analysis.

Genetics.

Livestock.

Performance traits.

Poultry.

Sustainability.

Traits.

Transgenic animals.

Working animals.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Grandin, Temple

Whiting, Martin

Date of Transaction

20200823054923.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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