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Sentience and Animal Welfare - Donald Broom

Sentience and Animal Welfare

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Buch | Softcover
200 Seiten
2014
CABI Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78064-404-2 (ISBN)
CHF 69,95 inkl. MwSt
Sentience – the ability to feel, perceive and experience – is central to the animal welfare debate. This book investigates and defines aspects of sentience such as consciousness, memory and emotions, and discusses brain complexity in detail. It looks at sentience from a developmental perspective and includes a chapter on ethical decisions.
Sentience – the ability to feel, perceive and experience – is central to the animal welfare debate as it raises the question of whether animals experience suffering in life and death. This book explores and answers these questions in an objective way, based on the latest research and empirical evidence. Beginning with an introduction to sentience, the book investigates why we are so interested in sentience, when, as a species, humans became sentient and how it has changed over time. The book defines aspects of sentience such as consciousness, memory and emotions, and discusses brain complexity in detail. Looking at sentience from a developmental perspective, it analyses when in an individual’s growth sentience can be said to appear and uses evidence from a range of studies investigating embryos, foetuses and young animals to form an enlightening overview of the subject. With a full chapter covering ethical decisions such as animal protection and experimentation, this book is not only an invaluable resource for researchers and students of animal welfare and biology, but also an engaging and informative read for veterinarians and the general public.

Donald M. Broom, Emeritus Professor of Animal Welfare, Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, has developed concepts and methods of scientific assessment of animal welfare and studied: 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. He has published over 300 refereed papers and books including: Stress and Animal Welfare (2000 Springer), The Evolution of Morality and Religion (2003 CUP), Domestic Animal Behaviour and Welfare, 5th edition (2015 CABI), and Sentience and Animal Welfare (2014 CABI).

I: Preface 1: The Qualities That Make Up Sentience 2: Ethics, Morality and Attitudes 3: Animal Welfare Science: History and Concepts 4: Brain Complexity and Cognitive Ability 5: Feelings and Emotions 6: Awareness and Consciousness 7: Motivation and Needs 8: Welfare Assessment 9: Sentience During Development, Brain Damage and Old Age 10: Ethical Decisions About Humans and Non-humans 11: Sustainability, Welfare Attitudes and Education

Verlagsort Wallingford
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 390 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
Veterinärmedizin
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 1-78064-404-3 / 1780644043
ISBN-13 978-1-78064-404-2 / 9781780644042
Zustand Neuware
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