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Book SynopsisThe science of animal production has recently become headline news. The cloning of sheep, the use of pig xenotransplants and bovine somatotrophin, as well as mad-cow disease, are all examples of how livestock production is related to food safety, human health, ethics and quality of life. The relationship between intensive developed-world animal production and third world development also raises ethical issues. These are just some of the topics addressed in this book, which has its origin in a special symposium held at the VIII World Congress on Animal Production held in June 1998 in Korea. Additional chapters have been specially commissioned for inclusion in the book.
Table of Contents1: Preface 2: Biographies of Editors and Authors 3: Why Livestock, Ethics and Quality of Life?, John Hodges 4: Animal Biotechnology: Convergence of Science, Law and Ethics, Brian R Heap and G C W Spencer 5: Animal Welfare and Use, Donald Bruce and Ann Bruce 6: Agribusiness and Consumer Ethical Concerns over Animal Use and Foods of Animal Origin: the Emergence of New Ethical Thinking in Society, Bernard E Rollin 7: An Alternative Ethic for Animals, G L Comstock 8: Consumer Expectations for Animal Products: Availability, Price, Safety and Quality, Shin-haeng Huh 9: Ethics, Culture and Development: Livestock, Poverty and Quality of Rural Life, Denis Goulet 10: Intensification of Agriculture and Free Trade, D Juday 11: Livestock, Ethics and Quality of Life in Asia: the Food-Feed Dimension of Grain Demand, Gurdev S Khush, M C Sombilla and M Hossain 12: Livestock, Ethics, Quality of Life and Development in Latin America, Hugo Li-Pun, C U Leon-Velarde andV M Mares 13: Livestock, Ethics, Quality of Life and Development in Africa, George K Kinoti 14: The Relationship of Ethics to Livestock and Quality of Life, E David Cook 15: Community of Life - the Ethical Way Forward, John Hodges 16: Index
