The Science of Animal Welfare: Understanding What Animals Want
Author:   Marian Stamp Dawkins (Professor of Animal Behaviour, Professor of Animal Behaviour, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198848998


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   28 January 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Marian Stamp Dawkins (Professor of Animal Behaviour, Professor of Animal Behaviour, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   0.304kg
ISBN:  

9780198848998


ISBN 10:   0198848994
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   28 January 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface 1: Animal welfare: the science and its words 2: What is animal welfare? 3: Why do animals want what is not good for them? 4: What animals want 5: Behavioural correlates of welfare 6: Natural behaviour 7: Physiological correlates of welfare 8: Animal welfare with and without consciousness 9: Conclusions: a universally agreed definition of welfare? 10: Consequences

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The book will be a helpful tool for students and instructors interested in animal welfare. It is accessible for undergraduate students yet sophisticated enough for advanced scholars. * Nicolas Delon, Metascience *


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Marian Dawkins is Professor of Animal Behaviour in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, UK and has a long record of working successfully with poultry producers to improve animal health and welfare. She is the author of numerous research papers and her books include Through Our Eyes Only? The Search for Animal Consciousness (1993), Why Animals Matter: Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare and Human Well-Being (2012) and with Aubrey Manning An Introduction to Animal Behaviour (2012). She now leads a team that that is developing an on-farm system for assessing welfare by automatically processing CCTV images of group behaviour.

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