Animals and Human Society (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Scanes, Colin G.; Toukhsati, Samia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Animals and Human Society provides a solid, scientific, research-based background to advance understanding of how animals impact humans. Animals have had profound effects on people from the earliest times, ranging from zoonotic diseases, to the global impact of livestock, poultry and fish production, to the influences of human-associated animals on the environment (on extinctions, air and water pollution, greenhouse gases, etc.), to the importance of animals in human evolution and hunter -gatherer communities.

As a resource for both science and non-science, Animals and Human Society can be used as a text for courses in Animals and Human Society or Animal Science, or as supplemental material for Introduction to Animal Science. It offers foundational background to those who may have little background in animal agriculture and have focused interest on companion animals and horses. The work introduces livestock production (including poultry and aquaculture) but also includes coverage of companion and lab animals. In addition, animal behavior and animal perception are covered.

Animals and Human Society is likewise an excellent resource for researchers, academics, or students newly entering a related field or coming from another discipline and needing foundational information, as well as interested laypersons looking to augment their knowledge on the many impacts of animals in human society.

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128054383
• Artikelnr.: 49206892

Autorenporträt

Dr. Colin G. Scanes is Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He obtained his PhD from the University of Wales and his DSc from Hull University. His research interests include anthrozoology; animal physiology, nutrition, and production; and veterinary medicine. He has received numerous awards for his research in animal and agricultural sciences, most recently from the American Society of Animal Science. In addition to faculty positions with the University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, and Mississippi State University, Dr. Scanes has worked various federal positions with the USDA, SANREM CRSP, DOE, and EPA FQPA. He has led the development of more than a dozen books, including the first edition of Animals and Human Society and seven editions of Sturkie's Avian Physiology.

Inhaltsangabe

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