Animal Welfare

Editors: Michael C. Appleby & Barry O. Hughes

published by CABI Publishing October 1997

Paperback 336 pages   Approx price: US$45   UK£25

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Contents

Part I. Issues

• Ethics
  P Sande, Bioethical Research Group, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, R Crisp, St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, UK & N Holtug, Bioethical Research Group, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Understanding animal welfare
  I J H Duncan, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada & D Fraser, Centre for Food and Animal Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Part II. Problems

• Environmental challenge
  F Wemelsfelder, SAC (Edinburgh), UK & L Birke, Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
• Hunger and Thirst
  I Kyriazakis, SAC (Edinburgh), UK & C J Savory, Roslin Institute (Edinburgh),UK
• Pain and injury
  P A Flecknell, Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK & V Molony, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Fear and distress
  R B Jones, Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), UK
• Behavioural restriction
  J C Petherick, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Swan’s Lagoon Beef Cattle Research Station, Millaroo, Queensland, Australia & J Rushen, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada.

Part III. Assessment

• Health and disease
  B O Hughes, Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), UK & P E Curtis, University of Liverpool, Veterinary Field Station, UK
• Behaviour
  J A Mench, University of California, Davis, USA & G J Mason, Department of Zoology, Oxford, UK
• Physiology
  E M C Terlouw, INRA Station de Recherches sur la viande, Saint-Genes-Champanelle, France, W G P Schouten, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands & J Ladewig, Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University, Copenhagen , Denmark
• Preference & Motivation testing
  D Fraser, Centre for Food and Animal Research, Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada & L R Matthews, AgResearch Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Part IV. Solutions

• Physical conditions
  M C Appleby & N K Waran, Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
• Social conditions
  M Mendl, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK & R C Newberry, Center for the Study of Animal Well-being, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
• Human contact
  P H Hemsworth, Victorian Institute of Animal Science, Agriculture Victoria, Victoria, Australia & H W Gonyou, Prairie Swine Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Genetic selection
  A D Mills, Station de Recherches Avicoles, INRA Centre de Tours-Nouzilly, France, R G Beilharz, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia & P M Hocking, Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), UK.

Part V. Implementation

• Economics
  R M Bennett, University of Reading, UK
• Legislation
  U Knierim, Institute of Animal Hygiene and Welfare, Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany & W T Jackson, Barrister and RCVS Consultant, Eastbourne, UK
• Discussion
  M C Appleby & B O Hughes

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This book is intended for students, research workers and other professional and lay people interested in animal science, veterinary medicine or applied zoology or psychology

Concern for animal welfare is steadily increasing in many countries and behaviour, ethics and welfare have become an established part of the curriculum for students of agriculture and veterinary medicine. This book is a response to this growing interest and the need for a consolidation of the available literature. "Animal Welfare" brings together diverse approaches to the subject, from philosophy through scientific study and measurement, to the implementation of practical solutions to real problems. The contents combine selected readings with critical commentaries from experts in different fields. Most chapters are reviews built around key sources. More information is available on farm animals than on other groups but the principles are usually applicable to all animals. Written by leading experts from Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, the book is aimed at a wide readership.

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