Animal welfare is attracting increasing interest worldwide, but particularly from those in developed countries, who now have the knowledge and resources to be able to offer the b est management systems for their farm animals, as well as potentially being able to offer plentiful resources for companion, zoo and laboratory animals. The increased attention given to animal welfare in the West derives la rgely from the fact that the relentless pursuit of financial reward and efficiency has lead to the development of intensive animal production systems that offend the conscience of many consumers in those countries. In devel oping countries, human survival is still a daily uncertainty, so that provision fo r animal welfare has to be balanced against human welfare. Welfare is usua lly provided for only if it supports the output of the animal, be it food, work, clothing, sport or companionship. In reality there are resources for all if they are properly husbanded in both developing and developed countries. The inequitable division of the world’s riches creates physical and psychological poverty for humans and animals alike in all sectors of the world. Liv estock are the world’s biggest land user (FAO, 2002) and the population, particularly of monogastric animals, is increasing rapidly to meet the need of an expanding human population. Populations of animals managed by humans are therefore increasing worldwide, so there is the tendency to allocate fewer resources to each one.
Edited by:
Eila Kaliste
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2004 ed.
Volume: 2
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 1.120kg
ISBN: 9781402061363
ISBN 10: 1402061366
Series: Animal Welfare
Pages: 346
Publication Date: 04 May 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
General Principles for Maintenance and Use of Laboratory Animals.- Animal welfare - an introduction.- Research, animals and welfare. Regulations, alternatives and guidelines.- Infections in laboratory animals: Importance and control.- Housing, care and environmental factors.- Nutrition and animal welfare.- Experimental procedures: General principles and recommendations.- The Welfare of Different Species.- The welfare of laboratory mice.- The welfare of laboratory rats.- The welfare of laboratory guinea pigs.- The welfare of laboratory rabbits.- The welfare of laboratory dogs.- The welfare of pigs and minipigs.- The welfare of non-human primates.- Animal welfare issues under laboratory constraints, an ethological perspective: rodents and marmosets.
Reviews for The Welfare of Laboratory Animals
This is a remarkably timely book-a meticulously researched and highly readable benchmark study of Iran that will reward readers with a comprehensive understanding of the major questions arising from Iran's past and present interactions with the United States and other major powers in the Middle East, culminating in a very fairly presented, but sobering discussion of current American policy options. -The Honorable Chas. W. Freeman, Jr. President, Middle East Policy Council, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992 and former Assistant Secretary of Defense in 1993-1994
