Zoology and animal sciences Books

Book SynopsisAn understanding of animal behaviour and welfare is an important requirement of a wide range of programmes of study including biology, zoology, animal welfare, animal behaviour, psychology and zoo biology. This book is intended as a study and revision guide for students following programmes of study in which animal behaviour and welfare are an important component. It contains 600 multiple-choice questions (and answers) set at three levels - foundation, intermediate and advanced - and grouped into 10 major topic areas: 1. Foundations and history of animal behaviour and welfare 2. Basic concepts and mechanisms in behaviour 3. Biological basis of behaviour 4. Learning, memory and training 5. Territoriality, navigation and migration 6 Animal cognition and communication 7. Behavioural ecology and social behaviour 8. Measuring, recording and analysing animal behaviour and welfare 9. Animal exploitation and welfare 10 Animal rights, ethics and law The book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. It allows the reader to learn and revise the meaning of terms used in the study of animal behaviour and welfare, methods of recording behaviour and assessing welfare, the physiology of behaviour, learning, memory, cognition, behavioural ecology, animal rights and much more. Many of the questions require students to use their knowledge to interpret information provided in the form of graphs, data or photographs.Table of Contents1: Foundations and history of animal behaviour and welfare 2: Basic concepts and mechanisms in behaviour 3: Biological Basis of Behaviour 4: Learning, memory and training 5: Territoriality, navigation and migration 6: Animal cognition and communication 7: Behavioural ecology and social behaviour 8: Measuring, recording and analysing animal behaviour and welfare 9: Animal exploitation and welfare 10: Animal rights, ethics and law

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Book SynopsisThe global drive towards sustainability and improved animal health means there is a greater need for development of novel functional ingredients for the feed industry. As the requirements for protein for livestock feed and human consumption grows, the use of insect products as animal feed has gained increasing attention. Covering global production systems of insect protein, oil and chitin, as well as co-products from this industry, this book: - Considers in-depth nutritional and safety aspects of insects for feed. - Reviews suitability of insects as feed for different animal species and life stages. - Examines current knowledge of the value of insect-rearing residues as biofertilizers for crop health. - Identifies the challenges related to regulation, legislation, consumer perception and acceptance, and commercialization of insects. - Provides interviews with established and early-stage innovative companies producing insect protein for feed. Including a focus on practices such as waste valorization, this book takes a holistic look at how insects could contribute to the sustainability of livestock production on a global scale. Providing an up-to-date reference for research scientists, nutritionists, and veterinarians, as well as prospective insect farmers, it will also be of interest to those with a broader curiosity towards climate change, sustainability, and the circular economy.Table of ContentsPart 1: Insects and Animal Nutrition Chapter 1: The Challenges Facing the Feed Industry Chapter 2: Which Insect Species and Why? Chapter 3: Insect Products, Processing, and Safety Chapter 4: Suitability of Insects for Animal Feeding Part 2: Insects and the Circular Economy Chapter 5: Closing the Loop with Industrial Insect Farming Chapter 6: Insect Farming: The Missing Link in The Circular Economy Chapter 7: Environmental Impact of Insect Rearing Chapter 8: By-products of Insect Rearing: Insect Residues as Biofertilizers Part 3: Current Global Status for Insects as Feed Chapter 9: Insect Production and Utilization of Insect Products in Asia Chapter 10: Insect Production and Utilization of Insect Products in Africa Chapter 11: Insect Production and Utilization of Insect Products in USA and Canada Chapter 12: Insect Production and Utilization of Insect Products in Europe Chapter 13: Innovation Articles Part 4: Future Perspectives: Opportunities and Challenges for Insects as Feed Chapter 14: Legislation, Policy and Quality Assurance Chapter 15: Global Consumer Perception of Insects as Feed Chapter 16: The Future of Animal Feeding

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Book SynopsisHuman-Animal Interactions (HAI) are a primary welfare interest to both animal scientists and practitioners. In zoos and aquariums, the study of Animal-Visitor Interactions (AVI), including both the impact of visitors on animals (the visitor effect) and the impact of animals on visitors (the visitor experience), have become a focus for understanding HAIs in zoos. The study of HAIs in zoos has grown to consider a number of factors, including animal-staff interactions and bonds, modern exhibit design and technology, direct and indirect interactions, as well as positive and negative impacts on both animals and visitor alike.This thought-provoking book summarizes the latest research concerning the impacts of HAIs in zoos, including considerations for conducting research and managing HAIs. The book:Explores the interactions of animals with keepers, veterinary professionals, and other staff, and the effects of those interactions on the welfare of animals.Considers the i

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Book SynopsisHumans have bred dogs for physical and behavioral characteristics for millennia. These efforts can have unintended side effects, however, which may be either advantageous or cause issues - such as a predisposition to certain medical complaints, or, controversially, behavioural issues.The scientific study of domestic dogs is still in its infancy, but public demand for this information is at a record high as more and more pet owners seek to understand their canine family members. Focusing on the behavioral differences and tendencies that have arisen in different breed lines, this book explores, summarizes, and explains the scientific evidence on what breed can tell us about behaviour - and, crucially, what it cannot.This book covers:- the impact of inbreeding, how it contributes to problematic behavioral issues such as anxiety and aggression, and how it potentially affects the future health of the breed;- the limits of predicting a dog's behavior based upon bre

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Book SynopsisScientists within human and animal science have extensively discussed the philosophy of medicine, but never have both sides communicated on their concepts of health, quality of life and welfare, with each other. This book aims to help clarify the difficult but central notions of health and welfare by comparing the human and animal variants of these concepts. Split into three parts this book starts by presenting a background of some of the major theories of human health and welfare, followed by a detailed discussion of theories on animal welfare and health. While the final part of the book tests a comprehensive conceptual framework of a holistic kind, which focuses on the individual's ability to achieve its vital goals.Trade Review"In this book, Lennart Nordenfelt makes a careful and thoughtful analysis of these concepts, based on a thorough reading of the veterinary and animal science literature combined with his own deep understanding of the parallel debates in the human health field. His analysis moves a cluttered and conflicted topic onto a higher plane." David Fraser, University of British Columbia, Canada"Table of Contents1: Some Theories of Human Health and Welfare 2: An Overview of Historical Conceptions of Human Health 3: A Starting-point: Two Modern Streams of Philosophy of Human Health and Disease 4: The Place of Evolutionary Theory in the Philosophy of Health and Welfare 5: Two Classic Theories of Human Welfare 6: A Background to the Analysis of Welfare or Quality of Life in the Human Sciences 7: Some Contemporary Theories of Human Welfare or Quality of Life 8: Theories of Animal Health and Welfare 9: Ideas on Animal Health 10: Some Examples of Ideas on Animal Welfare 11: Biological Theories of Animal Welfare 12: Theories of Welfare, Ethics and Values 13: Theories of Welfare in Terms of Subjective Well-Being 14: On Animal Minds: A Digression 15: On Quality of Life in Animals 16: The Idea of Welfare as Fulfillment of Preferences 17: Theories of Welfare in Terms of Needs 18: Theories of Welfare in Terms of Natural Behaviour 19: On Complex Views of Animal Welfare 20: On Conflicts Between Individual and Systemic Welfare 21: Welfare and Time 22: Summing up the Analysis 23: A Holistic Approach to Animal Health and Welfare 24: Towards a Holistic Theory of Health in Animal Science 25: Towards a Happiness Theory of Welfare in the Animal Context Appendix: On Amartya Sen’s theory of functionings and capabilities

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Book SynopsisThis book is based on papers presented at a symposium held in 2005 in South Africa. It brings together the most recent academic writings on modelling concepts, problems and applications of models and looks at the development, usefulness and limitations of models in pigs and poultry. Contents includes; description of growth and feed intake, modelling social systems and disease effects, nutrient flow models, energy transactions and energy feed systems, optimisation of broiler nutrition and modelling egg production in layering hens.Table of Contents1: An introduction to modelling in the animal sciences, 2: Scientific progress and mathematical modelling: Different approaches to modelling animal systems, 3: Basic concepts describing animal growth and feed intake, 4: The effects of social stressors on the performance of growing pigs, 5: Modelling populations for purposes of optimisation, 6: Advancements in empirical models for prediction and prescription, 7: The problem of predicting the partitioning of scarce resources during sickness and health in pigs, 8: Nutrient flow models, energy transactions and energy feed systems, 9: Evaluating animal genotypes through model inversion, 10: Considerations for representing micro-environmental conditions in simulation models for broiler chickens, 11: Using physiological models to define environmental control strategies, 12: Modelling egg production in laying hens, 13: Comparison of pig growth models – the genetic point of view, 14: Mechanistic modelling at the metabolic level: A model of metabolism in the sow as an example, 15: The place of models in the new technologies of production systems,

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Book SynopsisIllustrated with review studies on animal health economics, this book presents information on the most important economic tools applied to livestock, covering both theory and practical applications. Topics covered include gross margin analysis, partial budgeting, investment and financial appraisal and cost-benefit analysis. There are also sections on decision tree analysis, optimisation methods, value chain analysis, new institutional economics, DALYs and a range of policy analysis tools. International experts contribute on important theoretical and practical aspects of animal health and production economics, with global themes on livestock and poverty.Table of Contents1: What Is Economics And How Is It Useful? 2: Livestock Production Economics 3: Economics Of Controlling Livestock Diseases: Basic Theory 4: Data Collection 5: Different Methods Of Livestock Data Collection Methods 6: Economic Analysis Tools 7: Modelling And The Generation Of Information 8: Optimisation Methods For Assisting Policy Decisions On Endemic Diseases 9: Tools That Going Beyond The Enterprise Farm Or Business Level 10: Tools For Assessing The Price And Market Impacts Of Livestock Policies 11: The New Institutional Economics And THE Assessment OF Animal Disease Control 12: Social And Culture Factors 13: The Economics Of Zoonoses And Their Control 14: Livestock Populations And Production Systems 15: The Main Livestock Diseases 16: Diseases Of Large Ruminants 17: Diseases Of Small Ruminants 18: Diseases Of Pigs 19: Diseases Of Poultry 20: Livestock Policy And Poverty Reduction - Experiences From The Developing World 21: Economics In Animal Health Policy Making In Northern Ireland 22: Animal Diseases Management In A New Livestock Trade Environment: The Case Of Chile 23: Decision Making, Scales And Quality Of Economic Evaluations For The Control Of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) 24: Animal Health Policy In South Asia: What Can Economic Analysis Contribute 25: Approaches To Economic Analyses And Implications For Policy Issues In South East Asia Results From Three Case Studies In Crop- Animal Systems 1: What Is Economics And How Is It Useful? 2: Livestock Production Economics 3: Economics Of Controlling Livestock Diseases: Basic Theory 4: Data Collection 5: Different Methods Of Livestock Data Collection Methods 6: Economic Analysis Tools 7: Modelling And The Generation Of Information 8: Optimisation Methods For Assisting Policy Decisions On Endemic Diseases 9: Tools That Going Beyond The Enterprise Farm Or Business Level 10: Tools For Assessing The Price And Market Impacts Of Livestock Policies 11: The New Institutional Economics And THE Assessment OF Animal Disease Control 12: Social And Culture Factors 13: The Economics Of Zoonoses And Their Control 14: Livestock Populations And Production Systems 15: The Main Livestock Diseases 16: Diseases Of Large Ruminants 17: Diseases Of Small Ruminants 18: Diseases Of Pigs 19: Diseases Of Poultry 20: Livestock Policy And Poverty Reduction - Experiences From The Developing World 21: Economics In Animal Health Policy Making In Northern Ireland 22: Animal Diseases Management In A New Livestock Trade Environment: The Case Of Chile 23: Decision Making, Scales And Quality Of Economic Evaluations For The Control Of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) 24: Animal Health Policy In South Asia: What Can Economic Analysis Contribute 25: Approaches To Economic Analyses And Implications For Policy Issues In South East Asia Results From Three Case Studies In Crop- Animal Systems

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Book SynopsisChina is one of the world's largest developing agricultural countries and dominates the international livestock revolution in terms of its aggregate size and growth rate. While the sheep meat industry is still in the early stages of development, it is an excellent example of the upheaval taking place in Chinese agriculture. This book focuses on the growing sheep meat industry while drawing on associated research from other areas of the Chinese livestock section. Using this research, the authors use the sheep meat industry case study to illustrate the broader trends that apply more generally to the Chinese livestock sector, especially in the case of ruminant livestock.Table of ContentsChapter 1: China and the international livestock revolution Chapter 2: Statistical issues Chapter 3: Market forces Chapter 4: Institutional changes Chapter 5: Policy initiatives Chapter 6: Livestock sector developments Chapter 7: Meat sector developments Chapter 8: The revolution continues a: Bibliography b: Index

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Book SynopsisAccording to the Resource Allocation Theory, an individual’s genetic potential can only be realized in an environment in which essential food resources are adequately supplied. This book describes resource allocation patterns in natural populations, the costs, preferences and trade-offs of maintenance, growth, reproduction and immune function, the consequences of selection for high production efficiency in livestock species, methods that can be used to quantify resource allocation patterns, and the application of resource allocation theory to improve animal production and wellbeing.Table of Contents1: Animal Design and the Use of Food Resources 2: Optimisation of the Genotype 3: Metabolic Constraints to Resource Allocation 4: Physiological Regulation of Resource Allocation 5: Costs Preferences and Trade Offs 6: Adaptation of Resource Allocation Patterns to Environmental and Genetic Changes 7: Application of Knowledge on Resource Allocation Patterns to Animal Production 8: Quantification of Resource Allocation Patterns"

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Book SynopsisIn order to understand and manage animals in their natural or captive environments we must first understand why animals do what they do and recognize limitations in their ability to adapt to different environments. Drawing on the author’s considerable experience in both teaching and research, this introductory-level textbook describes the basic principles underlying animal behavior and how those concepts can be used in managing the care of domestic and captive wild animals, covering four key themes: development of behavior, biological rhythms, social behavior and behavioral aspects of animal management. Extensively illustrated with many practical examples and over 150 photos and figures.Table of Contents1: Interaction of Heredity and Environment 2: Behavior Genetics 3: Early Experience 4: Learning 5: Biological Rhythms 6: Mating Systems and Reproduction 7: Male Sexual Behavior 8: Female Sexual Behavior 9: Maternal Behavior 10: Communication 11: Agonistic Behavior 12: Social Organization 13: Personal Space and Social Dynamics 14: Human-Animal Interactions 15: Animal Handling and Movement 16: Atypical Behavior and Behavioral Therapy

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Book SynopsisThis second edition is a complete re-write of the 1st edition published in 1993 (editors Lawrence and Rushen). It reflects many recent advances, bringing together all new chapters and over 30 contributors. Abnormal behaviour patterns, from the jumping and somersaulting of caged laboratory mice to the pacing of enclosed 'big cats', are displayed by many millions of farm, zoo, research and companion animals. This book focuses on the causation and treatment of these environment-induced stereotypic behaviours, and their implications for animal welfare and normalcy of brain functioning. The first section takes an ethological perspective, focusing on the constraints captivity places on animals' normal behavioural repertoires, and the effects these have on specific motivational systems. The second section addresses the role of dysfunction, particularly the impact of chronic stress and impoverished environments on brain functioning. The third section looks at how stereotypic behaviours can be tackled, once they have emerged, using diverse techniques from environmental enrichment to pharmaceutical intervention. The volume ends with a synthesis, a suggested new definition for 'stereotypic behaviour', and a discussion of future research directions. This book will be of significant interest to researchers and advanced students in animal behaviour and welfare, animal and veterinary science, comparative psychology, and neuroscience.Table of ContentsI: Introduction: A decade-or-more’s more progress in understanding stereotypies, J Rushen and G Mason Part 1: Normal Animal, Abnormal Environment? 1: Stereotypic oral behaviour in captive unguates: Foraging, diet and gastro-intestinal function, R Bergeron, A Badnell-Waters, Equine Consultancy Services, UK, S Lambton, University of Bristol, UK, and G Mason 2: Locomotory stereotypies in carnivores: does pacing stem from hunting, ranging or frustrated escape? R Clubb, Care for the Wild International, UK, and S Vickery, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK 3: The motivational basis of caged rodents’ stereotypies, H Würbel, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen, Germany Part 2: Stereotypies as Pathologies 4: Perseveration and Stereotypy – Systems-Level Insights from Clinical Psychology, J Garner, Purdue University, USA 5: Social deprivation and social separation: Developmental insights from primatology, M A Novak, J S Meyer, University of Massachusetts, USA, C Lutz and S Tiefenbacher, New England Primate Research Center, USA 6: The Neurobiology of Stereotypy I: Environmental Complexity, M H Lewis, M F Presti, University of Florida, USA, J B Lewis, New College of Florida, USA, and C A Turner, University of Michigan, USA 7: The Neurophysiology of Stereotypy II - The Role of Stress, S Cabib, Universita "La Sapienza", Italy Part 3: Treating Stereotypies 8: Environmental enrichment as a strategy for mitigating stereotypies in zoo animals: a literature review and meta-analysis, R Swaisgood, Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, San Diego, USA, and D Shepherdson, Oregon Zoo, USA 9: Veterinary and pharmacological approaches to abnormal repetitive behaviour , D Mills, University of Lincoln, UK, and A Luescher, Purdue University, USA Part 4: In Conclusion 10: Stereotypies in captive animals: Fundamentals and implications for animal welfare, G Mason

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Book SynopsisQuantitative Trait Loci (QTL) is a topic of major agricultural significance for efficient livestock production. This advanced-level textbook covers all the statistical methods that have been used or proposed for detection and analysis of QTL and marker- and gene- assisted selection in animal genetics and breeding, as well as new advances that have revolutionized the field since the first edition.Trade Review"...the book is certainly a must-have for anyone involved in the statistical analysis of QTL studies in livestock... and (is) a useful textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students" - Chris Haley, Roslin Institute, on the first edition."Table of Contents1: Principles of Parameter Estimation 2: Random and Fixed Effects, the Mixed Model 3: Historical Overview 4: Experimental Designs to Detect QTL, Generation of Linkage Disequilibrium 5: QTL Parameter Estimation for Crosses between Inbred Lines 6: Advanced Statistical Methods for QTL Detection and Parameter Estimation 7: Analysis of QTL as Random Effects 8: Statistical Power to Detect QTL, and Parameter Confidence Intervals 9: Optimization of Experimental Designs 10: Fine Mapping of QTL 11: Complete Genome QTL Scans: The Problem of Multiple Comparisons 12: Multiple Trait QTL Analysis 13: Principles of Selection Index and Traditional Breeding Programmes 14: Marker-assisted Selection:Theory 15: Marker-assisted Selection : Results of Simulation Studies 16: Marker-assisted Introgression

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Book SynopsisThis third and final volume in the acclaimed Fish Diseases and Disorders trilogy addresses infectious diseases of finfish and shellfish caused by viruses, bacteria and fungi. Topics covered include infectious pancreatic necrosis virus, infectious hematopoictic necrosis virus, viral diseases of cold and warm-water fish, rickettsial and chlamydial infections, furunculosis, motile aeromonads, vibriosis, flavobacterial diseases and shellfish diseases. Written by experts in each discipline and updated throughout to reflect new developments in the field, including new chapters on alphaviruses, oncogenic viruses and genomics and proteomics, this is a must-have reference for fish health specialists and veterinarians, microbiologists, zoologists and researchers and students in aquaculture.Table of Contents1: Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis and Associated Aquatic Birnaviruses 2: Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus 3: Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia 4: Infectious Salmon Anaemia 5: Viral Diseases and Agents in Warm Water Fish 6: Alphaviruses 7: Oncogenic Viruses 8: Piscirickettsia, Francisella and Epitheliocystis 9: Bacterial Kidney Disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum) 10: Enterococcus seriolicida and Streptococcus spp. (S. iniae, S. agalactiae) 11: Mycobacteriosis and Nocardiosis 12: Furunculosis and Other Aeromoniosis 13: Enteric Redmouth Disease (Yersinia ruckeri) 14: Edwardsiella Septicaemias 15: Vibriosis 16: Flavobacterial Diseases: Columnaris, Cold-water Disease and Bacterial Gill Disease 17: Pasteurellosis and Other Bacterial Diseases 18: Saprolegnia and Other Oomycetes 19: Ichthyophonus and Related Organisms 20: Shellfish Diseases (Viral, Bacterial and Fungal) 21: Genomics of Fish and Shellfish Microbial Pathogens

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the processes that change the shape and composition of farm animals is fundamental to all aspects of production. Showing the progression from cell to tissue to entire animal, this comprehensive textbook provides an essential broad base for animal production, with key information on how animals grow and change in shape and composition, and factors that affect these processes. Illustrated with new photographs and focus boxes highlighting vital points, this updated third edition includes a new chapter on avian growth, an important source of protein for the expanding population. Providing a thorough, yet student-friendly approach to the subject, this book continues to fill the important role of helping readers to understand how the basics of growth must be thoroughly understood if farm animals are to be used efficiently and humanely in producing food for mankind.Table of Contents1: General Aspects of Growth 2: Cells 3: Principles of Cell Growth 4: Tissues: Basic Structure and Growth 5: Tissues: Growth and Structure Relative to Product Value for Human Consumption 6: Mammary Gland Growth and Product Yield 7: Hormonal Influences on Growth 8: Genetic Influences on Growth 9: The Immune System and Growth 10: Gametes, Fertilization and Embryonic Growth in Mammals 11: Prenatal and Postnatal Growth in Mammals 12: Growth of Avian Species 13: Efficiency and Growth 14: Compensatory Growth 15: Growth and Puberty in Breeding Animals 16: Measuring and Predicting Growth and Body Composition in the Live Animal 17: Measurements on the Carcass 18: 'Growth Promoters', Performance Enhancers, Feed Additives and Alternative Approaches 19: The Future

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Book SynopsisOutlining the core principles of the subject, this introductory-level textbook covers the production of meat, its structure and chemical composition, meat quality and hygiene, and animal welfare, handling and slaughter. The new edition has been updated to cover significant advances such as the process of conditioning, leading to the tenderisation of meat, and the new coverage of the use of molecular genetic techniques to try to select animals for improved meat quality. Key Features New larger format in two colours throughout Fully revised and updated including new coverage of genomics Carefully selected references and titles for further readingTrade Review"The text is well researched and written and contains a great deal of valuable information. It should be useful for many people in, and connected with, the meat industry as well as academics and students." International Journal of Food Science and Technology"Table of Contents1: Producing and Eating Meat 2: The Growth and Body Composition of Animals 3: The Chemical Composition and Structure of Meat 4: The Slaughter of Animals 5: Post-mortem Changes in Muscle and its Conversion into Meat 6: Meat Quality 7: The Effects of Live Animal Handling on Carcass and Meat Quality 8: Post-mortem Handling of Carcasses and Meat Quality 9: Meat Hygiene, Spoilage and Preservation 10: Animal Welfare 11: The Improvement of Carcass and Meat Quality by Genetic Selection 12: Measuring the Composition and Physical Characteristics of Meat 13: Assessing Eating Quality

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Book SynopsisNematodes are renowned for their ability to survive severe environmental fluctuations. Their mechanisms to withstand temperature extremes, desiccation, and osmotic and ionic stress are presented here together with information on the underlying biochemical basis contributing to survival. Highlighting parallels and contrasts between parasitic and free-living nematode groups, this book integrates strategies that enable nematodes to persist in the absence of food with tactics used by parasitic forms to survive the defence responses of a plant or animal host. This functional study is an essential resource for researchers in nematology, parasitology and zoology.Table of Contents1: Survival of Parasitic Nematodes outside the Host 2: Survival of Plant-parasitic Nematodes inside the Host 3: Survival of Animal-parasitic Nematodes inside the Animal Host 4: The Genome of Pristionchus pacificus and Implications for Survival Attributes 5: The Dauer Phenomenon 6: Gene Induction and Desiccation Stress in Nematodes 7: Longevity and Stress Tolerance of Entomopathogenic Nematodes 8: Cold Tolerance 9: Molecular Analyses of Desiccation Survival in Antarctic Nematodes 10: Thermobiotic Survival 11: Osmotic and Ionic Regulation 12: Biochemistry of Survival

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Book SynopsisThe understanding of pig genetics and genomics has advanced significantly in recent years, creating fresh insights into biological processes. This comprehensive reference work discusses pig genetics and its integration with livestock management and production technology to improve performance. Fully updated throughout to reflect advances in the subject, this new edition also includes new information on genetic aspects of domestication, colour variation, genomics and pig breeds, with contributions from international experts active in the field.Table of Contents1: Systematics and Evolution of the Pig 2: Genetic Aspects of Pig Domestication 3: Molecular Genetics of Coat Colour Variation 4: Genetics of Morphological Traits and Inherited Disorders 5: Molecular Genetics 6: Immunogenetics 7: Cytogenetics and Chromosome Maps 8: Pig Genomics 9: Behaviour Genetics of the Domestic Pig 10: Biology and Genetics of Reproduction 11: Transgenics and Modern Reproductive Technologies 12: Developmental Genetics 13: Pig Genetic Resources 14: Genetics of Performance Traits 15: Genetics of Meat Quality and Carcass Traits 16: Genetic Improvement of the Pig 17: Pigs as a Model for Biomedical Sciences 18: Breeds of Pigs 19: Standard Genetic Nomenclature of the Pig, with Glossaries 20: Index

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Book SynopsisZoonotic diseases constitute a public health problem throughout the world. Addressing a little-studied area of veterinary and medical science, this book covers viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth parasites transmitted between humans and dogs, discussing population management, control disease agents and human-dog relationships. Fully updated throughout, this new edition also includes chapters on benefits of the human-dog relationship and non-infectious disease issues with dogs. It is a valuable resource for researchers and students of veterinary and human medicine, microbiology, parasitology and public health.Table of Contents1: The Human-Dog Relationship: A Tale of Two Species 2: Benefits of the Human-Dog Relationship 3: Dog associated Problems affecting Public Health and Community Well-being 4: Dogs and Rabies 5: Dogs and Bacterial Zoonoses 6: Dogs and Protozoan Zoonoses 7: Dogs and Trematode Zoonoses 8: Dogs and Cestode Zoonoses 9: Dogs and Nematode Zoonoses 10: Dogs and Ectoparasitic Zoonoses 11: Dog Population Management 12: Zoonoses Prevention, Control and Elimination in Dogs 13: Fertility Control in Dogs

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Book SynopsisWritten by some of the world's leading goat meat scientists, and drawing from the most recent publications in the field, this book comprehensively covers the most important areas of goat meat production. Chapters discuss the role of genetics, breeding, reproduction, and nutrition in producing good quality, profitable goat meat. The mineral, amino acid and fatty acid composition of goat meat is also addressed, along with a discussion of its nutritive value, aimed at highlighting its health benefits over other red meats.Table of Contents1: Overview of the Global Goat Meat Sector 2: Goat Meat Production Systems 3: Carcass Traits of Hardy Tropical Goats 4: Genetics and Breeding of Meat Goats 5: Reproductive Efficiency for Increased Meat Production in Goats 6: Nutrition of the Meat Goat 7: Growth, Development and Growth Manipulation in Goats 8: The Role of Objective and Subjective Evaluation in the Production and Marketing of Goats for Meat 9: Tissue Distribution in the Goat Carcass 10: Influences of Diets on Fatty Acid Composition of Edible Tissues of Meat Goat 11: Mineral Composition of Goat Meat 12: Linear Body Measurements and Carcass Characteristics of Goats 13: Nutritive Value and Quality Characteristics of Goat Meat 14: Effect of Early Nutrition on Carcass and Meat Quality of Young Goats Under Milk Production Systems 15: Effects of Feeding System and Diet on the Body Lipid Composition of Young Goats

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Book SynopsisIllustrated with review studies on animal health economics, this book presents information on the most important economic tools applied to livestock, covering both theory and practical applications. Topics covered include gross margin analysis, partial budgeting, investment and financial appraisal and cost-benefit analysis. There are also sections on decision tree analysis, optimisation methods, value chain analysis, new institutional economics, DALYs and a range of policy analysis tools. International experts contribute on important theoretical and practical aspects of animal health and production economics, with global themes on livestock and poverty.Table of Contents1: What Is Economics And How Is It Useful? 2: Livestock Production Economics 3: Economics Of Controlling Livestock Diseases: Basic Theory 4: Data Collection 5: Different Methods Of Livestock Data Collection Methods 6: Economic Analysis Tools 7: Modelling And The Generation Of Information 8: Optimisation Methods For Assisting Policy Decisions On Endemic Diseases 9: Tools That Going Beyond The Enterprise Farm Or Business Level 10: Tools For Assessing The Price And Market Impacts Of Livestock Policies 11: The New Institutional Economics And THE Assessment OF Animal Disease Control 12: Social And Culture Factors 13: The Economics Of Zoonoses And Their Control 14: Livestock Populations And Production Systems 15: The Main Livestock Diseases 16: Diseases Of Large Ruminants 17: Diseases Of Small Ruminants 18: Diseases Of Pigs 19: Diseases Of Poultry 20: Livestock Policy And Poverty Reduction - Experiences From The Developing World 21: Economics In Animal Health Policy Making In Northern Ireland 22: Animal Diseases Management In A New Livestock Trade Environment: The Case Of Chile 23: Decision Making, Scales And Quality Of Economic Evaluations For The Control Of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) 24: Animal Health Policy In South Asia: What Can Economic Analysis Contribute 25: Approaches To Economic Analyses And Implications For Policy Issues In South East Asia Results From Three Case Studies In Crop- Animal Systems 1: What Is Economics And How Is It Useful? 2: Livestock Production Economics 3: Economics Of Controlling Livestock Diseases: Basic Theory 4: Data Collection 5: Different Methods Of Livestock Data Collection Methods 6: Economic Analysis Tools 7: Modelling And The Generation Of Information 8: Optimisation Methods For Assisting Policy Decisions On Endemic Diseases 9: Tools That Going Beyond The Enterprise Farm Or Business Level 10: Tools For Assessing The Price And Market Impacts Of Livestock Policies 11: The New Institutional Economics And THE Assessment OF Animal Disease Control 12: Social And Culture Factors 13: The Economics Of Zoonoses And Their Control 14: Livestock Populations And Production Systems 15: The Main Livestock Diseases 16: Diseases Of Large Ruminants 17: Diseases Of Small Ruminants 18: Diseases Of Pigs 19: Diseases Of Poultry 20: Livestock Policy And Poverty Reduction - Experiences From The Developing World 21: Economics In Animal Health Policy Making In Northern Ireland 22: Animal Diseases Management In A New Livestock Trade Environment: The Case Of Chile 23: Decision Making, Scales And Quality Of Economic Evaluations For The Control Of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) 24: Animal Health Policy In South Asia: What Can Economic Analysis Contribute 25: Approaches To Economic Analyses And Implications For Policy Issues In South East Asia Results From Three Case Studies In Crop- Animal Systems

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Book SynopsisWINNER of the 2023 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award Focuses on a much discussed and controversial aspect of conservation: the commodification of nature. Can the successful marketization of what is generally perceived as wilderness help to provide for biodiversity conservation, economic development and social emancipation? At a time of profound anxiety about the impact of human activity on nature and the catastrophic effects of climate change, the "sixth mass extinction", invasive species and rapidly expanding zoonotic diseases, this volume engages with the practices, discourses, and materialities surrounding the commodification of "the wild". Focusing on the relationship between commodification and wilderness, the contributors pay particular attention to commodification's newer iterations in which human management plays a significant role, such as wildlife-park tourism, trophy-hunting, and trade in herbal medicines, perfumes and luxury exotic food items. Dominant neoliberal approaches have aimed to address global environmental challenges through the commodification and marketization of nature: by valorizing nature, they claim, biodiversity can be safeguarded and "wild" landscapes protected. This, it is thought, will not only open up a new frontier of sustainable, non-exploitative, participatory capitalist expansion, but invigorate rural livelihoods, reduce poverty, and add important assets to otherwise vulnerable rural economies. This important book challenges this future trajectory. Investigating a broad range of cases across southern and eastern Africa, from the illegal sandalwood trade to legal trade in devil's claw and honeybush, to trophy-hunting and wilderness safaris, the contributors reveal the pitfalls and challenges of commodification, what this means for the continent and beyond. OPEN ACCESS: This title is freely available in digital format under the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-NDTable of ContentsPART 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction: Practices, discourses, and materialities surrounding the commodification of the 'Wild' Michael Bollig, Linus Kalvelage, Léa Lacan, Selma Lendelvo, Alfons Mosimane, and Romie Nghitevelekwa PART 2: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 2.Fetishizing the 'Wild': Conservation, commodities and capitalism Clemens Greiner and Michael Bollig 3. Value Chains and Global Production Networks: Conceptual considerations and economic development in the 'Wild' Javier Revilla-Diez, Carolin Hulke, and Linus Kalvelage 4. Benefit Sharing and Biodiversity Commodification: A failed approach for social justice, equity and conservation? Rachel Wynberg 5. Transfrontier Conservation Governance, Commodification of Nature, and the New Dynamics of Sovereignty in Namibia Johannes Dittmann and Detlef Müller-Mahn PART 3: PLANTS FROM THE WILDERNESS FOR A GLOBAL MARKET: THE COMMODIFICATION OF NON-DOMESTICATED (WILD) PLANTS 6. Towards Pro-poor or Pro-profit? The governance framework for harvesting and trade of devil's claw (Harpagophytum spp.) in the Zambezi Region, Namibia Jessica-Jane Lavelle 7. Marginalisation and exclusion in honeybush commercialisation in South Africa Sthembile Ndwandwe 8. From Forest to National Resource: Forest conservation and state power in Baringo, Kenya Léa Lacan 9. Commodifying East Africa's Sandalwood: Organised crime and community participation in transnational smuggling of endangered species Eric Mutisya Kioko and Michael Mugo Kinyanjui 10. The Gum Arabic Business: Modernization of production in north-eastern Nigeria Hauke-Peter Vehrs and Ibrahim Maina Wazirii PART 4: COMMODIFYING WILDLIFE 11. Producing Elephant Commodities for 'Conservation Hunting' in Namibian Communal-area Conservancies Lee Hewitson and Sian Sullivan 12. Human-wildlife Interaction, Rural Conflict and Wildlife Conservation Ezequiel Fabiano, Selma Lendelvo, Alfons Mosimane, and Selma Kosmas 13.Hunting for Development: Global production networks and the commodification of wildlife in Namibia Linus Kalvelage PART 5: COMMODIFICATION AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS 14. Women in Rural Northern Namibia and the Commodification of Indigenous Natural Products Romie Nghitevelekwa, Selma Lendelvo, and Martin Shapi 15. Conservation, Traditional Authorities, and the Commodification of the 'Wild': a Namibian perspective Alfons Mosimane, Kenneth Matengu, and Michael Bollig 16. Commodification of Wildlife Resources in the Okavango Delta, Botswana Joseph E. Mbaiwa 17. Justice Dilemmas in Conservation Conflicts in Uganda Lioba Lenhart PART 6: CONCLUSIONS 18. Conclusions: Commodifying the 'Wild' - Where do we go from here? Michael Bollig, Linus Kalvelage, Léa Lacan, Selma Lendelvo, Alfons Mosimane, and Romie Nghitevelekwa

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Book SynopsisIn "The Postmodern Animal", Steve Baker explores how animal imagery has been used in modern and contemporary art and performance, and in postmodern philosophy and literature, to suggest and shape ideas about identity and creativity. Baker cogently analyses the work of such European and American artists as Olly and Suzi, Mark Dion, Paula Rego and Sue Coe, at the same time looking critically at the constructions, performances and installations of Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois, Joseph Beuys and other significant late twentieth-century artists. Baker's book draws parallels between the animal's place in postmodern art and poststructuralist theory, drawing on works as diverse as Jacques Derrida's recent analysis of the role of animals in philosophical thought and Julian Barnes' best-selling Flaubert's Parrot.Trade Review'This is a wonderful book ... Steve Baker provides the most cogent explanation so far of how the questioning of human identity ineluctably raises issues about animals ... He has given us a great gift, an understanding of a process unfolding during our own time.' -- Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat

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Book SynopsisParque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, located in eastern Bolivia where the moist forests of the Amazon meet the dry forests of the Cerrado, contains numerous unique ecosystems and exceptionally high levels of biodiversity. This book presents the results not only of an intensive biological survey of the area conducted in 1991, but also of long-term research conducted from 1987 to 1995. Among other findings, the survey discovered 26 new species of plants, one new mammal species, and three new species of reptiles. This report, with text in both English and Spanish, includes extensive data appendices, a large fold-out satellite map of vegetation, and conservation recommendations for the region.

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Book SynopsisThis Volume 1 of a two-volume work is the first textbook to offer a practical yet comprehensive approach to clinical ophthalmology in wild and exotic invertebrates, fishes, amphibia, reptiles, and birds. A phylogenetic approach is used to introduce the ecology and importance of vision across all creatures great and small before focusing on both the diverse aspects of comparative anatomy and clinical management of ocular disease from one species group to the next. Edited by three of the most esteemed authorities in exotic animal ophthalmology, this two-volume work is separated into non-mammalian species (Volume 1: Invertebrates, Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds) and Mammals (Volume 2: Mammals). Wild and Exotic Animal Ophthalmology, Volumes 1 and 2 is an essential collection for veterinary ophthalmologists and other veterinary practitioners working with wild and exotic animals.Table of ContentsForeward (Chris Muphy)Preface (Editors)Part 1: Fish Introduction (ESTEBAN SOTO)Intro to Evolutions of Eye, Cyclostomata (DAVID WILLIAMS)Chondrichthyes (DAVID WILLIAMS)Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii (Sturgeons/Paddlefish) + Neopterygii (Teleosts) (DAVID WILLIAMS)Part 2: Amphibia Introduction (JENESSA GJELTEMA)Anura (Frogs and Toads), Caudata (Salamanders), Gymnophiona (Caecillians) (CARYN PLUMMER)Part 3: ReptiliaIntroduction (PAOLO SELLERI)Rhychocephalia (KATHRYN SMITH FLEMING)Gekkota (TOMO WIGGANS, BRET A. MOORE)Scinciformata, Laterata (KATHRYN SMITH FLEMING)Anguimorphia, Iguania (KATHRYN SMITH FLEMING)Serpentes (NICOLAS MILLICHAMP)Testudines (CARYN PLUMMER)Crocodilia (CARYN PLUMMER)Part 4: Aves General Introduction (MICHELLE HAWKINS, ESTEBAN FERNANDEZ-JURICIC, BRET A. MOORE)Psittaciformes (Bret A. Moore, Arianne Pontes Oria, Fabiano Montiani-Ferreira)Passeriformes (BRET MOORE, ESTEBAN FERNANDEZ-JURICIC)Coraciimorphae (ERIN SCOTT, SHARMAN HOPPES)Falconiformes, Strigiformes, Accipitrimorphae (FABIANO MONTIANI)Gruiformes, Aequorlitonithes (MiKEL SABATER, MARISA PEREZ)Sphenisciformes: Penguins (MELANY CHURCH)Strisores (FABIANO MONTIANI-FERREIRA, BRET MOORE, ANTONIA GARDNER)Galloanserae (H. SHIVAPRASAD, FABIANO, BRET A. MOORE)Palaeognathae (MIKEL SABATER, MARISA PEREZ)Part 5: Invertebrates Ophthalmology Invertebrates (JENESSA GJELTEMA, GREG LEWBART, KATIE FREEMAN)

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Book SynopsisThis is the second edition of the book originally published under the title Medical Emergencies Caused by Aquatic Animals: A Zoological and Clinical Guide. Including updated chapters, new content and additional references, it discusses follow-up with patients, describes diseases that are not emergencies and explains procedures that can take place at health stations and outpatient centers, focusing on clinical and biological aspects relevant to researchers and practitioners alike. The chapter on Invertebrate Aquatic Animals presents facts and advances that were left out of the first edition. In addition, it includes improved images. The subtopic on Cnidaria presents recent data on outbreaks and new species identification in unprecedented areas, with a timely discussion on first aid treatment. The chapter on Injuries by Vertebrate Aquatic Animals has been improved, based on continued work with bathers and fishermen. Featuring numerous images and representative clinical cases, it explores the most significant injuries caused by fish around the globe. The chapter on Ingestion of Aquatic Venomous Animals: Toxinology, Clinical Aspects, and Treatment discusses outbreaks of intoxication diseases from eating fish and seafood, drawing on reliable records of serial cases of Haff's syndrome, scombroidism and ciguatera. Further, it examines the indiscriminate consumption of aquatic animals, which the author argues present the same (or even greater) risks of poisoning and infections as terrestrial animals. Lastly, since there is a general lack of awareness of the risk of infections in aquatic environments, the chapter on Bacterial and Fungal Infections in Aquatic Environments describes the symptoms and treatments and highlights preventive measures.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Invertebrate Aquatic Animals 3. Injuries caused by Vertebrate Aquatic Animals 4. Ingestion of Aquatic Venomous Animals: Toxinology, Clinical Aspects, and Treatment 5. Bacterial and Fungal Infections in Aquatic Environments

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Book SynopsisThis monograph presents the results of over 10 years of paleontological and geological survey in the Baynunah Formation of the United Arab Emirates. Exposed widely in western Abu Dhabi Emirate, the Baynunah Formation and its fossils provide the only record of terrestrial environments and evolution in the Arabian Peninsula during the late Miocene epoch (12-5 Ma). This volume describes new fossils collected since 2002, presented systematically by taxon, and including mammals, reptiles, and invertebrates, as well as fossil trackways. The discoveries are framed within the results of new geological, geochemical, and geochrononological analyses, providing an updated and synthetic view of the age, environments, and biogeographic relationships of this important fossil assemblage.Table of ContentsThe History of Paleontological Investigation in Western Abu Dhabi Emirate.- Fossil Localities of the Baynunah Formation.- Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Baynunah Formation.- Magnetostratigraphy of the Baynunah Formation.- Excavation & Conservation of Fossils from the Baynunah Formation.

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Book SynopsisBiotremology is a new and emerging discipline in biological sciences that covers all aspects of behavior associated with substrate-borne mechanical waves. This volume provides state-of-the-art reviews and technical contributions from leading experts and invited younger researchers on topics from signal production and transmission to perception in its ecological context. Reviews about the knowledge of well-studied groups are complemented with perspectives on the study of less-explored groups or contexts. Special attention is given to practical issues in measuring substrate-borne vibrations as well as to applied biotremology. The book appeals to all those interested in communication and vibrational behavior.Table of ContentsPart I. Studying Vibrational Behavior: Ideas, Concepts and History 1. Peggy S. M. Hill, Valerio Mazzoni, Peter Narins, Meta Virant-Doberlet & Andreas Wessel Quo Vadis, Biotremology? 2. Peggy S. M. Hill, Meta Virant-Doberlet & Andreas Wessel What is Biotremology? 3. John A. Endler Biotremology and Sensory Ecology 4. René-Guy Busnel, Francois Pasquinelly & Bernard Dumortier [transl. & ed. by Hannelore Hoch, Marie-Claire Busnel & Peggy S. M. Hill] Body Tremulations and their Transmission as Vibrations for Short Distance Information Transfer between Ephippiger Male and Female (1955) Part II. The State of the Field: Concepts and Frontiers in Vibrational Behavior 5. Sebastian Oberst, Joseph C. S. Lai & Theodore A. Evans Physical Basis of Vibrational Behavior: Channel Properties, Noise and Excitation signal extraction 6. Rafael L. Rodríguez Copulatory Courtship with Vibrational Signals 7. Andrej Čokl, Maria Carolina Blassioli-Moraes, Raul Alberto Laumann, Alenka Žunič & Miguel Borges Stinkbugs Multisensory Communication with Chemical and Vibratory Signals Transmitted Through Different Media Part III. Practical Issues in Studying Vibrational Behavior 8. Rok Šturm, Jernej Polajnar & Meta Virant-Doberlet Practical Issues in Studying Natural Vibroscape and Biotic Noise 9. Gašper Korinšek, Tadej Tuma & Meta Virant-Doberlet Automated Vibrational Signal Recognition and Playback Part IV. Vibration Detection and Orientation 10. Matthew J. Mason & Léa M. D. Wenger Mechanisms of Vibration Detection in Mammals 11. Johannes Strauß, Nataša Stritih Peljhan & Reinhard Lakes-Harlan Determining Vibroreceptor Sensitivity in Insects: The Influence of Experimental Parameters and Recording Techniques 12. Felix A. Hager & Wolfgang H. Kirchner Directionality in Insect Vibration Sensing: Behavioral Studies of Vibrational Orientation Part V. Biology and Evolution of Vibrational Behavior in Some Well-Studied Taxa 13. Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell, Xiying Guan & Sunil Puria Vibrational Behavior in Elephants 14. Peter M. Narins Seismic Communication in the Amphibia with Special Emphases on the Anura 15. Monika J. B. Eberhard & Mike D. Picker Vibrational Communication in Heelwalkers (Mantophasmatodea) 16. Felix A. Hager, Kathrin Krausa & Wolfgang H. Kirchner Vibrational Behavior in Termites (Isoptera) Part VI. Applied Biotremology 17. Valerio Mazzoni, Rachele Nieri, Anna Eriksson, Meta Virant-Doberlet, Jernej Polajnar, Gianfranco Anfora & Andrea Lucchi Mating Disruption by Vibrational Signals: State of the Field and Perspectives 18. Shira D. Gordon & Rodrigo Krugner Mating Disruption by Vibrational Signals: Applications for Management of the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter 19. Jernej Polajnar, Lara Maistrello, Aya Ibrahim & Valerio Mazzoni Can Vibrational Playback Improve Control of an Invasive Stink bug? 20. Richard W. Mankin Vibrational Trapping and Interference with Mating of Diaphorina citri 21. Richard Hofstetter, Nicholas Aflitto, Carol L. Bedoya, Kasey Yturralde & David D. Dunn Vibrational Behavior in Bark Beetles: Applied Aspects Part VII. Outreach and Resources 22. Carrie L. Hall & Daniel R. Howard Shaking it up in the Classroom: Coupling Biotremology and Active Learning Pedagogy to Promote Authentic Discovery 23. Karl-Heinz Frommolt, Hannelore Hoch & Andreas Wessel Call for the Establishment of a VibroLibrary at the Animal Sound Archive Berlin 24. Tomas Saraceno, Ally Bisshop, Adrian Krell & Roland Mühlethaler The Arachnid Orchestras: Artistic Research in Vibrational Interspecies Communication 25. Matija Gogala and Boštjan Perovšek Bioacoustic Music Inspired by Biotremological Research

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Book SynopsisThis book invites snorkelers and divers on an educational visit to the most important ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea. Keystone species from brown algae to dolphins are presented in their marine habitats and understood as part of a complex ecological system. Instead of grouping animals and plants taxonomically, we have organised them according to the eight main habitats of the Mediterranean Sea. Our journey starts with different types of rocky grounds, then takes you further to the Mediterranean’s sandy and muddy grounds, and finally ends with the fish and dolphins of the blue open sea. You will be introduced to 220 ecologically significant animal and plant species via the texts of Daniel Abed-Navandi, a long-time lecturer on the biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea at the University of Vienna, and the photographs of Georg Glaeser, the master behind the camera, who captures marine life on the spot.Table of ContentsHabitat: Sunlit Rocky Grounds.- Habitat: Shady Rocky Grounds.- Habitat: Dark Caves.- Habitat: Intertidal Zone.- Habitat: Sandy Grounds.- Habitat: Seagrass.- Habitat: Muddy Grounds.- Habitat: Open Waters.- Humans and the Sea.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook introduces to the fundamentals and applications of insect biotechnology in a concise manner. Global economically important insects such as silkworm, lac or honey bee are in the focus of this text. The book attempts to address all of the latest developments in this growing field such as application of metagenomics and proteomics in mining for genes and enzymes that could be beneficial in diverse industrial and biomedical applications. Further, insects have been established as suitable tool for the production of transgenic products which is discussed in one dedicated chapter. The book targets students and researchers in molecular biology, biotechnology or entomology who want to get familiar with the emerging field of insect biotechnology.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThe book offers a comparative look at the social strategies of five carnivorous social predators (four terrestrial and one marine) that make them successful hunting units. The focus is on mammalian predators hunting (largely) mammalian prey. Each chapter (with separate authors) devoted to a particular species, explores the versatile hunting techniques and social dynamics of these top predators as they attempt to survive, defend, and reproduce in challenging habitats. Each chapter also delves into how the social fabric and ecology of each species influence their ability to deal with natural and man-made threats and shifting baselines.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Animals That Stay Together, Hunt Together.- Chapter 2. Social Strategies of the African Lion.- Chapter 3. The Role of Food and Mates in Shaping Asiatic Lion Societies.- Chapter 4. Wolves in a Human World: Social Dynamics of the Northern Hemisphere’s Most Iconic Social Carnivore.- Chapter 5. Hunting Success in the Spotted Hyena: Morphological Adaptations and Behavioral Strategies.- Chapter 6. Hunting Behavior and Social Ecology of African Wild Dogs.- Chapter 7. Social Strategies of a Consummate Marine Predator—Mammal Hunting Killer Whales.- Chapter 8. Mammal Hunting Killer Whales off Monterey, California—A 30-Year Synthesis.- Chapter 9. Sociality and Its Relevance in Group Hunting Mammalian Predators.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat. More than half of all lands worldwide, and up to 70% of the western USA, are classified as rangelands—uncultivated lands that often support grazing by domestic livestock. The rangelands of North America provide a vast array of goods and services, including significant economic benefit to local communities, while providing critical habitat for hundreds of species of fish and wildlife. This book provides compendium of recent data and synthesis from more than 100 experts in wildlife and rangeland ecology in Western North America. It provides a current and in-depth synthesis of knowledge related to wildlife ecology in rangeland ecosystems, and the tools used to manage them, to serve current and future wildlife biologists and rangeland managers in the working landscapes of the West. The book also identifies information gaps and serves as a jumping-off point for future research of wildlife in rangeland ecosystems. While the content focuses on wildlife ecology and management in rangelands of Western North America, the material has important implications for rangeland ecosystems worldwide.Table of Contents1. Introduction to Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Part I Rangeland Ecosystems and Processes 2. Rangelands of Western North America 3. A History of North American Rangelands 4. Western Rangeland Livestock Production Systems and Grazing Management 5. Manipulation of Rangeland Wildlife Habitats 6. Role and Management of Fire in Rangelands 7. Water is Life: Importance and Management of Riparian Areas for Rangeland Wildlife 8. Rangeland Biodiversity Part II Species Accounts 9. Prairie Grouse 10. Sage-Grouse 11. Quails 12. Rangeland Songbirds 13. Wetland Birds of Rangelands 14. Avian Predators in Rangelands 15. Burrowing Rodents 16. Mesocarnivores of Western Rangelands 17. Black-tailed and Mule Deer 18. White-tailed Deer 19. Pronghorn 20. Elk 21. Feral Equids 22. Mountain Ungulates 23. American Bison 24. Large Carnivores 25. Amphibians and Reptiles 26. Insects in Grassland Ecosystems Part III Social-Ecological Considerations 27. Wildlife, Rural Communities, and the Rangeland Livelihoods they Share: Opportunities in a Diverse Economies Approach 28. Living with Predators: A 20-year Case Study in the Blackfoot River Watershed of Montana 29. A Perspective on Rangeland and Wildlife Disciplines: Similarities Over Differences 30. Future of Rangeland Wildlife in North America

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book about the lives of bats is about a group of peculiar, mythical and fascinating animals. They are mammals, just like us, but still so different. The book covers bats from Latin American Maya temples to Swedish potato cellars; from the plains of Kenya to the Taiwanese mountains.We perceive their shadows flitting by in the summer nights, hear their mating calls in the darkness of autumn and see their silhouettes in the dim street light. The bats live in our houses and forage in our gardens and parks. But who are they and how do they lead their lives?The text and exquisite photos give an unsurpassed insight into the world of sounds and smells that bats encounter each night. We are told about how their senses, way beyond our human perception abilities, shape their lives. We get to know more about their habits, their long evolution and their cohabitation with humans, and how important they are to the environment.You will never again feel lonely in the darkness of the night.Trade Review“Bats: In a World of Echoes offers readers an interesting glimpse into the secret lives of bats. … The book is nicely illustrated with a wide assortment of full-color photographs of bats in the wild. Scientific jargon is kept to a minimum and discussion is largely accessible, making this a suitable text for general readers interested in learning more about the unique lives of bats.” (D. A. Brass, Choice, Vol. 56 (5), 2019)​Table of ContentsEvolution and diversity.- Flight and morphology.- Senses.- Hunting and Feeding.- Arms Race.- Reproduction.- Hibernation and migration.- Roosts.- Living Together.- Under cover of darkness.- Of bats and men.

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Book SynopsisThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book breaks new ground by situating animals and their diseases at the very heart of modern medicine. In demonstrating their historical significance as subjects and shapers of medicine, it offers important insights into past animal lives, and reveals that what we think of as ‘human’ medicine was in fact deeply zoological.Each chapter analyses an important episode in which animals changed and were changed by medicine. Ranging across the animal inhabitants of Britain’s zoos, sick sheep on Scottish farms, unproductive livestock in developing countries, and the tapeworms of California and Beirut, they illuminate the multi-species dimensions of modern medicine and its rich historical connections with biology, zoology, agriculture and veterinary medicine. The modern movement for One Health – whose history is also analyzed – is therefore revealed as just the latest attempt to improve health by working across species and disciplines. This book will appeal to historians of animals, science and medicine, to those involved in the promotion and practice of One Health today.Trade Review“Both historians of medicine and advocates of One Health will benefit from its careful reconstructions of the intertwined histories of human and animal health and its incisive critiques of the conceptual and institutional borders that continue to separate them.” (Etienne S. Benson, Isis, Vol. 111 (2), 2020)“This is a methodologically well-grounded book, full of documentation, on one of the major shifts in animal health history through the centuries. It illustrates a rarely explored aspect of current globalization that goes beyond internationalization, and illustrates the concept of ‘globality’ in the life sciences with the logical consequence of medicine being fundamentally as unitary as life. … a descriptive book that explores the development of a current phenomenon in society.” (Alain Touwaide, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2018)“Animals and the Making of Modern Medicine demonstrates the distance that can be traveled, and the depth of connections that can be revealed, when we break through disciplinary boundaries and challenge the norms that define – and limit – our scholarly pursuits.” (Georgina M. Montgomery, Journal of the History of Biology, Vol. 51, 2018)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction. Centring animals within medical history.- Chapter 2: Doctors in the Zoo: Connecting human and animal health in British zoological gardens, c1828-1890; Abigail Woods.- Chapter 3: From co-ordinated campaigns to water-tight compartments: Diseased sheep and their investigation in Britain, c1880-1920; Abigail Woods.- Chapter 4: From healthy cows to healthy humans: Integrated approaches to world hunger, c1930-65; Michael Bresalier.- Chapter 5: The Parasitological Pursuit: Crossing species and disciplinary boundaries with Calvin W. Schwabe and the Echinococcus tapeworm, 1956-1975; Rachel Mason Dentinger.- Chapter 6: Humans, other animals and ‘One Health’ in the early twenty-first century; Angela Cassidy.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.- Appendix: Annotated bibliography

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Book SynopsisSynthetische Biologie ist ein neuer Wissenschaftszweig, der große Hoffnungen auf Fortschritte in der Medizin, in der Landwirtschaft und in den Energie-, Ernährungs- und Gesundheitswirtsschaftszweigen weckt. Zurzeit ist die Forschung so weit, dass man - wenn auch noch recht primitiv - neues Leben erschaffen kann.Obwohl molekulare Genetik kein Alltagsthema ist, wird sie hier so dargestellt, dass ein breites Publikum sie leicht verstehen kann. Es wird erzählt, wie das Erbgut, die DNA, entschlüsselt wurde und wie man sie heute synthetisch produzieren kann. Dabei werden die Risiken und philosophisch/ethische Bedenken nicht verschwiegen.Dieses Buch führt den Leser anhand von Fragen durch das faszinierende Thema:Was ist Leben? - Wie ist das Leben entstanden? - Können wir neues Leben schaffen? - Ist nur DNA-Leben möglich? - Was wissen wir von der Zelle? - Was sind die Chancen der Synthetischen Biologie? - Synthetische Biologie in der Laborpraxis - Was können wir erwarten? - Was sind die Risiken?Trade ReviewInsgesamt lassen die vielfältigen Informationen das Buch eine lesenswerte populär-wissenschaftliche Lektüre werden und geben dem Leser einige Grundlagen für eine mögliche Diskussion des neuen Wissenschaftszweigs.BIOSpektrum, Iris Sauer, Juni 2013Table of Contents​Vorwort: Wissen, das das Leben verändert hat.- Einleitung: Die Zukunft des Lebens und die große Stille.- 1 Was ist Leben?.- 2 Wie ist das Leben entstanden?.- 3 Können wir neues Leben erschaffen?.- 4 Sind wir an DNA-artige Systeme gebunden?.- 5 Was wissen wir über die lebende Zelle?.- 6 Wie stehen die Chancen der synthetischen Biologie?.- 7 Synthetische Biologie in der (Labor-)Praxis.- 8 Was können wir erwarten?.- 9 Was sind die Risiken?​

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch enthält das Grundlagenwissen sowie Tipps und Tricks für den Umgang mit Nucleinsäuren. Der Autor kennt Lust und Frust der täglichen Laborroutine ganz genau. Präparieren, Fällen, Konzentrieren und Reinigen von Nucleinsäuren Restriktionsenzyme, Gele, Blotten Polymerase-Kettenreaktion RNA-Isolierung, -Transkription Klonierung von DNA-Fragmenten Markierung von Sonden, Hybridisierung, Screening, Sequenzierung Mutagenese, In-vitro-Translation, transgene Mäuse, Transgenexpression, Gentherapie, Genomik Dieses Buch richtet sich an alle Experimentatoren, die molekularbiologische Versuche durchführen wollen und gern nachvollziehen möchten, was sich in ihrem Reaktionsgefäß abspielt. Das ganze Spektrum der üblichen molekularbiologischen Methoden wird vorgestellt, kommentiert und Alternativen aufgezeigt.Der lockere Ton wendet sich gleichermaßen an Studenten wie an BTAs und Laboranten, aber auch der alte Hase wird hier und dort noch etwas Neues entdecken. Die 7. Auflage wurde überarbeitet und aktualisiert.Table of Contents1 Was bitte ist denn "Molekularbiologie".- 2 Einige grundlegende Methoden.- 3 Das Werkzeug.- 4 Die Polymerase-Kettenreaktion (PCR).- 5 RNA.- 6 Die Klonierung von DNA-Fragmenten.- 7 Wie man DNA aufspürt.- 8 DNA-Analyse.- 9 Untersuchung der Funktion von DNA-Sequenzen.- 10 Tipps für die Karriereplanung.- 11 Zu guter Letzt.- 12 Anhang.- 13 Wer, was, wo?

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Book SynopsisIn unserer von Technik geprägten Gesellschaft ist in der Regel mangelnde Bewegung ein zentrales Problem. Diese Bewegungsarmut, die oft gepaart ist mit gutem Essen und zu viel Stress, führt häufig zu den typischen Krankheitssymptomen, die von den Ärzten zusammenfassend als metabolisches Syndrom bezeichnet werden. Auf der anderen Seite existiert ein übertriebener Leistungsgedanke, wie beispielsweise beim Leistungssport, der so manchen über das Ziel hinausschießen lässt. Marathon- und Ultralangstreckenläufe, Triathlon und andere Extremsportarten sind dann der Gegenpol zur Bewegungsarmut der anderen. Was und wie viel an Bewegung sind für die Gesundheit nun wirklich förderlich?Diese Frage und noch vieles mehr beantwortet "Move for Life". Themen sind des weiteren auch die Problematik des Älterwerdens und den daraus resultierenden körperlichen Veränderungen. Es werden nicht nur die Aspekte der Bewegung und deren gesundheitsrelevanten Auswirkungen betrachtet, sondern auch die Notwendigkeiten eines Krafttrainings, eines Koordinationstrainings und eines Entspannungstrainings. Dadurch ergibt sich eine umfassende Darstellung dessen, was der moderne Mensch zu seiner Gesunderhaltung benötigt. Der Leser erhält einen tiefen Einblick in diese Thematik und kann daraufhin selbst entscheiden, was für ihn sportlich und gesundheitlich gesehen gut und richtig ist.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- 1 Lebenserwartung, gestern, heute und morgen.- 2 Bewegung und Gesundheit.- 3 Das Betriebsverhalten des menschlichen Antriebs.- 4 Der Trainingseffekt – immer höher, immer weiter, immer schneller.- 5 Sport ist Mord.- 6 Move for life.- 7 Muscles for life.- 8 Das liebe Gewicht.- 9 Koordination.- 10 Entspannungstraining.- 11 Sanft, aber hocheffektiv.-12 Fazit des Ganzen.

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Book Synopsis​Das Tierschutzgesetz fordert, dass im Namen der Verantwortung des Menschen seinen Mitgeschöpfen wissentlich weder Schmerzen noch Leiden zugefügt werden dürfen. Dies gilt auch für den Umgang mit zehnfüßigen Krebsen, Neunaugen und Fischen. Den Bedürfnissen dieser aquatischen Organismen wird allerdings bislang sowohl im Bereich der gewässerökologischen Feldforschung als auch in der ökotoxikologischen und genetischen Laborarbeit wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellen die Autoren die Gültigkeit des Tierschutzes auch für aquatische Versuchstiere in den verschiedenen Einsatzgebieten dar. Neben Aspekten der Beantragung eines Tierversuches befassen sie sich mit Fragen zur Beschaffung, Hälterung und dem Umgang mit Krebsen, Neunaugen und Fischen. Darüber hinaus werden im Sinne eines Handbuches die gebräuchlichsten Markierungsmethoden sowie die für diese Eingriffe erforderlichen Techniken Schritt für Schritt erläutert. Ziel ist es, mit dem Buch ein besseres Verständnis für aquatische Organismen und ihre Bedürfnissen zu wecken und einen Standard für den schonenden Umgang mit solchen Versuchstieren zu setzen.Table of Contents​Genehmigungsweg eines Tierversuches.- Morphologie aquatischer Tiere.- Beschaffung von Versuchstieren.- Hälterung.- Narkose.- Operationsgestell für FIsche.- Markierung.- Verschluss von Schnitten und Wunden.- Verhaltensbeobachtungen mit aquatischen Organismen.- Ökotoxikologische Tests.- Genetische Untersuchungen.- Töten von Krebsen und Fischen.

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Book SynopsisDie Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Bandes analysieren in kritischer Weise die Breite und Tiefe des Diskurses zu Neuro-Enhancement, der sich aber nicht nur durch ethische Fragen auszeichnet. Sie zeigen, dass es darüber hinaus grundlegende philosophische, anthropologische und gesellschaftstheoretische Aspekte sind, die im Steigerungsbedürfnis spätmoderner Leistungs(steigerungs)gesellschaften zu Tage treten. So scheint eine neue Wunschwelt vor der Tür zu stehen: Doping fürs Gehirn! Der rasante Fortschritt der Neurowissenschaften hat das menschliche Gehirn erreicht. Die Möglichkeiten der Leistungssteigerung könnten bald auch das „Innerste“ des Menschen essentiell betreffen: sein Denken und Fühlen, Entscheiden und Handeln.Die Herausgeber Prof. Dr. Nicola Erny ist Professorin für Philosophie an der Hochschule Darmstadt. Dr. Matthias Herrgen lehrte am Philosophischen Seminar der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität in Münster. Prof. Dr. Jan Cornelius Schmidt unterrichtet Philosophie, Ethik und Technikfolgenabschätzung an der Hochschule Darmstadt.Table of ContentsEnhancement / Neuro-Enhancement.- Doping und Hirndoping.- Ethik und Konzepte der Ethik.- Technikfolgenabschätzung (TA).

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Book SynopsisThis essential should serve as an introduction for a contemporary public discussion on genetic engineering. Genetic engineering affects us all in many areas and we must dare to think more colorful and further. In fact, the complete genetic material of viruses and bacteria can already be chemically produced and "brought to life". With genetic surgery, medicine is at a crossroads: do we want to treat hereditary diseases or "repair" them genetically? And the analysis of thousands of human genetic material reveals information that is related to complex diseases, but also to characteristics such as intelligence. How should we use this knowledge? The question is hardly whether we want genetic engineering, but rather how we use it.This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials, Gentechnik by Röbbe Wünschiers, published by The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.Table of ContentsHow is the genetic material read and what does the information say?.- Which methods can be used to modify the genetic material and what are the goals?.- Who owns genetic information and what can be marketed and how?.- How does the environment affect the genetic material?.- Do we want a liberalization of genetic engineering as a civic science?

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch schlägt eine Brücke zwischen den „Neurowissenschaften“ (theoretische und experimentelle Neurobiologie, Neurologie) und den „Psychowissenschaften“ (Psychologie, Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie) und will dabei helfen, den jeweils anderen Disziplinen die wichtigsten und wissenschaftlich gesicherten Kenntnisse in verständlicher Form zu liefern. Die Frage, wie sich psychisches Erleben und Gehirnvorgänge zueinander verhalten, galt lange als rätselhaft. In diesem Buch erfahren Sie aufgrund neuester wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse, dass beide Bereiche eine unauflösliche Einheit bilden, auch wenn wir sie unterschiedlich erfahren und untersuchen. Diese Einheit stellen wir in der psychologisch-neurobiologischen Theorie und der psychiatrisch-psychotherapeutischen Praxis konkret dar. Wir behandeln die Prinzipien der neurobiologischen Erregungs- und Informationsverarbeitung, Aufbau und Funktion des limbischen Systems, die Entwicklung der Persönlichkeit und der dabei stattfindenden günstig oder ungünstig verlaufenden Interaktion genetisch-epigenetischer Faktoren und vorgeburtlich sowie nachgeburtlich stattfindender Umwelteinflüssen. Auf dieser Grundlage erfolgt die beispielhafte Darstellung wichtiger psychischer Störungen wie Suchterkrankungen, schizophrene Störungen, affektive Störungen sowie Angststörungen. In der Nachfolge des bedeutenden Psychotherapeuten Klaus Grawe wird schließlich in das, Konzept der „Neuropsychotherapie“ eingeführt und gezeigt, warum Psychotherapie und Neurobiologie zusammengehören, und sich gegenseitig bereichern können. Unser psychoneurowissenschaftlicher Ansatz zeichnet ein Menschenbild, das nicht auf Gegensätzen, sondern einer Integration von Psyche, Gehirn, Verhalten und Erleben beruht.Table of Contents1 Die Suche nach der Natur der Seele.- 2 Die funktionelle Neuroanatomie des limbischen Systems.- 3 Neuro- und Psychopharmakologie.- 4 Neurophysiologie.- 5 Entwicklungsneurobiologie.- 6 Emotion, Motivation, Persönlichkeit und ihre neurobiologischen Grundlagen.- 7 Neurobiologische Folgen früher Stresserfahrungen.- 8 Psychologische und neurobiologische Grundlagen des Bewusstseins.- 9 Natur, Diagnose und Klassifikation psychischer Erkrankungen.- 10 Psyche und psychische Erkrankung - Sucht.- 11 Psychotische Erkrankungen ("Schizophrenie").- 12 Affektive Störungen am Beispiel der unipolaren Depression.- 13 Angststörungen.- 14 Neuropsychotherapie - Psychotherapieverfahren und ihre Wirkung.- 15 Psychoneurowissenschaften und ihre Bedeutung für die Praxis.

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