The Science of Animal Welfare
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-884899-8 (ISBN)
But, can we really understand what animals want? A consistent theme running through the book is that not only is it possible to establish what animals want, but that this information is vital in helping us to make sense of the long and often confusing list of welfare measures that are now in use such as 'stress' and 'feel good hormones', expressive sounds and gestures, natural behaviour, cognitive bias, and stereotypies. Defining welfare as 'health and what animals want' allows us to distinguish between measures that are simply what an animal does when it is alert, aroused, or active and those measures that genuinely allow us to distinguish between situations the animals themselves see as positive or negative. Sentience (conscious feelings of pleasure, pain, and suffering) is for many people the essence of what is meant by welfare, but studying consciousness is notoriously difficult, particularly in non-human species. These difficulties are discussed in the context of our current - and as yet incomplete - knowledge of human and animal consciousness. Finally, the book highlights some key ideas in the relationship between animal welfare science and animal ethics and shows how closely the well-being of humans is linked to that of other animals.
The Science of Animal Welfare is an ideal companion for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in animal behaviour and welfare, as well as for professional researchers, practitioners and animal welfare consultants. At the same time, it is easily understandable to non-scientists and anyone without prior knowledge but with an interest in animals and the rapidly evolving science of animal welfare.
Marian Dawkins is Professor of Animal Behaviour in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, UK and has a long record of working successfully with poultry producers to improve animal health and welfare. She is the author of numerous research papers and her books include Through Our Eyes Only? The Search for Animal Consciousness (1993), Why Animals Matter: Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare and Human Well-Being (2012) and with Aubrey Manning An Introduction to Animal Behaviour (2012). She now leads a team that that is developing an on-farm system for assessing welfare by automatically processing CCTV images of group behaviour.
Preface
1: Animal welfare: the science and its words
2: What is animal welfare?
3: Why do animals want what is not good for them?
4: What animals want
5: Behavioural correlates of welfare
6: Natural behaviour
7: Physiological correlates of welfare
8: Animal welfare with and without consciousness
9: Conclusions: a universally agreed definition of welfare?
10: Consequences
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.02.2021 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 5 line figures and 14 colour photographs |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 175 x 250 mm |
| Gewicht | 304 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-884899-4 / 0198848994 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-884899-8 / 9780198848998 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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