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Animal breeding, welfare and society /
The determination of when, how, how often and with whom an animal breeds has moved away from evolutionary pressures towards our own purposes: these include the breeding and use of around 50 billion mammals and birds for food production annually, the breeding of pedigree dogs, cats, racing dogs and h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Washington, DC :
Earthscan,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover13;
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Health and natural behaviour
- Assessing benefit and harm
- Note
- Chapter 1 The Industrialization of Animal Genetics
- 1.1 Background and context: From local to global
- 1.2 Technologies and practices: Genes as commodities
- 1.3 The impact on animals
- Notes
- Chapter 2 Breeding for Productivity
- 2.1 Background and context: More and faster
- 2.2 Technologies and practices
- 2.3 The impact on animals
- 2.4 The professionals, the public and the future
- Notes
- Chapter 3 Productivity and Animal Health
- 3.1 Background and context: Unintended consequences
- 3.2 The impact on animals
- 3.3 The professionals, the public and the future
- Notes
- Chapter 4 Productivity and Welfare: Animal Behaviour
- 4.1 Background and context: The abolition of the family
- 4.2 Natural behaviour versus farming practice
- 4.3 The impact on animals
- 4.4 The professionals, the industry and the public
- Notes
- Chapter 5 Companion Animal Breeding: Ideal Standards
- 5.1 Background and context: Breeding for work and whim
- 5.2 Modern breeding to design
- 5.3 Breed standards
- 5.4 Breeding practices
- 5.5 Benefits and costs, sustainability and the future
- Notes
- Chapter 6 Companion Animal Breeding: Welfare, Professionals and Owners
- 6.1 Background and context: Clouds over pedigree dog breeding
- 6.2 Pedigree dog breeds and their health
- 6.3 The breed-related behaviour of dogs
- 6.4 Pedigree cat breeds and their health
- 6.5 Professionals and owners
- 6.6 The future of pedigree breeds
- Notes
- Chapter 7 Sports Animals: Breeding Gladiators
- 7.1 Background and context: Breeding, racing and betting
- 7.2 Industry practices: The use of racehorses and greyhounds
- 7.3 The impact on animals: Survival of the fittest
- 7.4 The professionals, the public and the future: Unnecessary breeding?
- Notes
- Chapter 8 Surpluses and Rejects
- 8.1 Background: The scope of the problem
- 8.2 Surpluses and rejects in the racing industries
- 8.3 Decommissioned breeding animals in the food industry
- 8.4 By-product offspring in the food animal industry
- 8.5 Surplus companion animals: Dogs and cats
- 8.6 The professionals, the public and the future
- Notes
- Chapter 9 Traditional, Rare and Fancy Breeds
- 9.1 Background and context: Breeding, survival and culture
- 9.2 Conservation practices: Recording and preserving animal genetic resources
- 9.3 The impact on animals
- 9.4 Public policy, non-commercial breeds and the future
- Notes
- Chapter 10 Pedigrees and Purity
- 10.1 Background and context: The value of pedigrees and purity
- 10.2 Some historical examples of pedigree anxiety
- 10.3 The impact on animals
- Notes
- Chapter 11 Population Control: Pests, Aliens and Endangered Species
- 11.1 Background and context: Unwanted versus valued species
- 11.2 Practices, technologies and approaches
- 11.3 The impact on animals
- 11.4 The professionals, the public and the future
- Notes
- Chapter 12 Laboratory Animal Breeding: Designed for Science
- 12.1 Background and context: Laboratory animals
- 12.2 Practices and technologies
- 12.3 The impact on animals
- 12.4 The professionals, the public and the future
- Notes
- Chapter 13 Eugenics, Commerce and Control in Human and Animal Reproduction
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