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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Donald M. Broom , Ken G. JohnsonPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 2nd ed. 2019 Volume: 19 Weight: 0.547kg ISBN: 9783030321529ISBN 10: 3030321525 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 13 December 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsAnimal Welfare Series Preface Preface to second edition Acknowledgments Chapter 1 One welfare, one health, one stress, humans and other animals Abstract 1.1. The terms animal, welfare, health and stress 1.2. Animal welfare and social change 1.3. The debate about animal usage 1.4 Genetics, epigenetics and what the environment can change 1.5 The challenge ahead References Chapter 2 Adaptation, regulation, sentience and brain control Abstract 2.1 Adaptation 2.2 Homeostatic control 2.3 Sentience and the role of the brain in coping 2.4. Habituation and sensitisation 2.5 Motivational state 2.6 Outputs from decision centres 2.7 Control systems and needs 2.8 Types of control 2.9 Pain 2.10 Other feelings and emotions: positive and negative 2.11Development of regulatory systems References Chapter 3 Limits to adaptation 3.1 Limitations of timing and temporal aspects of stimulus modality 3.2 Limitations of intensity as an adaptation basis for adaptation 3.3 Variation in adaptation has consequences for responses to stimulation 3.4 Integrating time, intensity and mode of stimulation 3.5 The concepts of tolerance and coping 3.6 Variations in patterns of adaptation 3.7 Other factors affecting adaptation 3.8 Effects of human selection of animals on their ability to adapt References Chapter 4 Stress and welfare: history and usage of concepts Abstract 4.1 Stress 4.2 Welfare 4.3 Welfare assessment 4.4 Welfare in relation to stress 4.5 Naturalness and welfare 4.6 Welfare in relation to well-being 4.7 Welfare in relation to quality of life 4.8 Welfare and “a life worth living” 4.9 Welfare in relation to sentience 4.10 Welfare in relation to health 4.11 Linguistic problems with health and well-being References Chapter 5 Assessing welfare: short-term responses Abstract 5.1 Behavioural measures of welfare 5.2 Physiological measures of welfare 5.3 Using indicators to evaluate welfare 5.4 Short-term welfare problems and concepts of stress References Chapter 6 Assessing welfare: long-term responses Abstract 6.1 Direct measures of good welfare 6.2 Cognitive bias and other indirect measures of good welfare 6.3 Qualitative behavioural assessment 6.4 Reduced reproductive success 6.5 Reduced life expectancy 6.6 Weight, growth and body condition 6.7 Cardiovascular and blood parameters 6.8 Adrenal axes 6.9 Measures of immune system function 6.10 Bone strength, muscle strength and injury 6.11 Disease incidence measures 6.12 Brain measures 6.13 Behavioural measures 6.14 Other consequences of frustration and lack of control 6.15 Lack of stimulation and overstimulation 6.16 Interrelationships among measures and welfare outcome measures References Chapter 7 Preference studies and welfare Abstract 7.1 Time and energy allocation in a rich environment 7.2 Experimental studies of animal preferences 7.3 Environmental enrichment 7.4 Do preference studies tell us what is important for animals? References Chapter 8 Ethics: considering world issues Abstract 8.1 World problems 8.2 Value systems 8.3 Anti-microbial resistance 8.4 Climate change 8.5 Sustainability 8.6 How humans impose on other animals – and vice versa 8.7 Setting ethical limits to assessed welfare 8.8 Food production systems for the future 8.9 Stress and welfare in the general ethical framework References Chapter 9 Stress and welfare in the world Abstract 9.1 Studying stress and welfare 9.2 Using the term stress scientifically 9.3 Welfare in the moral world Glossary Subject and Author IndexReviewsThis book is an excellent reference text for both students who will be studying animal welfare and researchers in the field. It provides an excellent background on both physiological and behavioral measures. ... This book is recommended for people who will be doing research in animal welfare because it provides an overview of most of the methods for measuring physiology and behavior. It will be especially useful for new research scientists in animal welfare. (Temple Grandin, Animals, Vol. 10 (2), 2020) The book almost reads as if it is intended more for the defense of animals than for the human reader, but of course the intent is to educate the human reader about the science of animal welfare. ... The book is at its best when presenting or discussing scientific information about research in animal welfare. (Jonathan Hale Foreman, Doody's Book Reviews, July 24, 2020) This book is an excellent reference text for both students who will be studying animal welfare and researchers in the field. It provides an excellent background on both physiological and behavioral measures. ... This book is recommended for people who will be doing research in animal welfare because it provides an overview of most of the methods for measuring physiology and behavior. It will be especially useful for new research scientists in animal welfare. (Temple Grandin, Animals, Vol. 10 (2), 2020) “This work encapsulates a very wide body of literature on scientific aspects of animal welfare and will thus prove a valuable asset for animal welfare scientists, psychologists, students and teachers of all forms of biology, behaviour, medicine, veterinary medicine and animal usage.” (LASA Forum, 2020) “This book is an excellent reference text for both students who will be studying animal welfare and researchers in the field. It provides an excellent background on both physiological and behavioral measures. … This book is recommended for people who will be doing research in animal welfare because it provides an overview of most of the methods for measuring physiology and behavior. It will be especially useful for new research scientists in animal welfare.” (Temple Grandin, Animals, Vol. 10 (2), 2020) Author Information"Professor Donald M. Broom, Emeritus Professor of Animal Welfare at Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine and St Catharine’s College, has developed concepts and methods of scientific assessment of animal welfare. He has studied the cognitive abilities of animals, the welfare of animals in relation to housing and transport, behaviour problems, attitudes to animals, sustainable livestock production and ethics of animal usage. Donald M. Broom has published over 350 refereed papers, lectured in 45 countries and served on UK (FAWC, APC, Seals) and Council of Europe committees. He has been Chairman and Vice Chairman of EU Scientific Committees on Animal Welfare between 1990 and 2009, a member of the European Food Safety Authority Panel on Animal Health and Welfare to 2012, represented EU in WTO challenges and prepared a Study on Animal Welfare in the EU for the European Parliament which was published in 2017. He chaired the World Organization for Animal Health (O.I.E.) land transport group. His books include: ""Stress and Animal Welfare"" (1993/2000 Springer, with K.G. Johnson), ""Coping with Challenge: Welfare in Animals Including Man"" (2001 Dahlem University Press), ""The Evolution of Morality and Religion"" (2003 CUP), ""Domestic Animal Behaviour and Welfare"" (5th Edition 2015 CABI, with A.F. Fraser), ""Sentience and Animal Welfare"" (2014 CABI) and “Tourism and Animal Welfare” (2018 CABI, with N. Carr). Dr. Ken G. Johnson is a former Senior Lecturer in Physiology at the Department of Physiology, Murdoch University in Western Australia." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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