Stimulating and thought-provoking, this important new text looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to an animal's telos, behaviour and physiology, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses. These changes may involve selective breeding for production, appearance traits, or competitive advantage in sport, transgenic animals or the use of pharmaceuticals or hormones to enhance production or performance. Changes may impose duties to care for these animals further and more intensely, or they may make the animal more robust. The book considers a wide range of animals, including farm animals, companion animals and laboratory animals. It reviews the ethics and welfare issues of animals that have been adapted for sport, as companions, in work, as ornaments, food sources, guarding and a whole host of other human functions. This important new book sparks debate and is essential reading for all those involved in animal welfare and ethics, including veterinarians, animal scientists, animal welfare scientists and ethologists.
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Stimulating and thought-provoking, this book looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to animals, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses.
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1: Introduction: Use New Genetic Technologies and Animal Breeding Methods Carefully to Avoid Problems 2: Domestication to Dolly and Beyond: A Brief History of Animal Modification 3: Good for Whom? Differences between Human and Animal Enhancement 4: Working Equids: The Welfare of Those Worked to Their Limit 5: Genetics and Other Technologies for Increasing the Productivity of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs: Welfare Implications 6: Technologies for Increasing the Productivity of Poultry: Welfare Implications 7: Selective Breeding, Cloning and Gene Editing of Dogs and Cats for Appearance and Performance Traits 8: Methods to Increase Fish Production: Welfare and Sustainability Implications 9: Welfare Concerns in Genetically Modified Laboratory Mice and Rats 10: Cloning, Editing and GMOs for Animal Enhancement 11: From Bionic Cat to Superdog: Ethical Challenges of Advanced Prosthetic Technology in Veterinary Medicine 12: Animal Welfare and the Brave New World of Modifying Animals 13: A Duty to the Enhanced, not a Duty to Enhance: Welfare Responsibilities Associated with Domestication 14: Pressing Animals Beyond Their Biological Limits 15: Concluding: Animals Pushed to Their Limits
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Stimulating and thought-provoking, this important new text looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to an animal's telos, behaviour and physiology, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses. These changes may involve selective breeding for production, appearance traits, or competitive advantage in sport, transgenic animals or the use of pharmaceuticals or hormones to enhance production or performance. Changes may impose duties to care for these animals further and more intensely, or they may make the animal more robust. The book considers a wide range of animals, including farm animals, companion animals and laboratory animals. It reviews the ethics and welfare issues of animals that have been adapted for sport, as companions, in work, as ornaments, food sources, guarding and a whole host of other human functions. This important new book sparks debate and is essential reading for all those involved in animal welfare and ethics, including veterinarians, animal scientists, animal welfare scientists and ethologists.
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The key word that defines this book, one considered directly by most authors, is 'enhancement.' Since the procedures used to to achieve enhancement is nearly always designed for our benefit, whether defined by commerce (farm animals) human health (lab animals) or cosmetic appearance (designer dogs and cats). The more difficult problems arise when it is necessary to make borderline decisions regarding the harm:benefit analysis (harms to the animals vs benefits to society or individuals). These are critical issues in public and private ethics that call for informed decisions on a case-by-case basis. There is much of this book that can lead us to these informed decisions. Animal Welfare, May 2019
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Suitable for veterinarians, veterinary students, animal welfare scientists and students, and animal ethologists.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781786390547
Publisert
2018-07-31
Utgiver
Vendor
CABI Publishing
Vekt
626 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
189 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224