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245 1 4 _aThe Welfare of Laboratory Animals
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Eila Kaliste.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2007.
300 _aXIV, 346 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aAnimal Welfare,
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505 0 _aGeneral 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.
520 _aAnimal 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.
650 0 _aLife sciences.
650 0 _aVeterinary medicine.
650 0 _aBehavioral sciences.
650 0 _aZoology.
650 0 _aAnimal genetics.
650 0 _aAnimal physiology.
650 1 4 _aLife Sciences.
650 2 4 _aZoology.
650 2 4 _aAnimal Genetics and Genomics.
650 2 4 _aBehavioral Sciences.
650 2 4 _aAnimal Physiology.
650 2 4 _aVeterinary Medicine.
700 1 _aKaliste, Eila.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aAnimal Welfare,
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2271-5
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950 _aBiomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)
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