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Wildlife diseases have become increasingly important recently due to their effect upon human health, veterinary medicine, wildlife, and conservation biology. Gary Wobeser's successful book from 1994 has been completely updated and enlarged in a new second edition. An in-depth overview of the available techniques for the investigation and management of disease in free-ranging animals is provided. The subjects are illustrated with examples drawn from around the world, with emphasis on the special requirements involved in working with wild animals. Techniques are assessed critically with regard to their efficacy and effectiveness. The book draws on the author's training as a wildlife biologist and veterinarian and his experience over four decades with wildlife disease. From the reviews of the first edition "... has done an admirable job of outlining the problems associated with diagnosing and controlling disease in wildlife populations. ... The author has commendably presented a difficult topic and has shown that the usually successful approach to treating disease in domestic animals is extremely difficult and rarely successful in wildlife populations. ... I recommend this book to all who are looking for an introduction to the investigation and managment of disease in wildlife." (Canadian Veterinary Journal)"... the author has made a major contribution to the field by providing a conceptual framework for wildlife disease investigations and by highlighting the inadequacies that often exist. His willingness to challenge dogma and constructively present perspectives based on a combination of extensive literature review, personal experiences, and beliefs is one of the values of this well organized and easy to read publication. ... this publication should be read by biologists, administrators, and disease specialists having responsibility for combatting disease in populations of free-living wildlife." (Journal of Wildlife Diseases)

Wildlife diseases --- Wild animal diseases --- Animals --- Diseases --- Animal Diseases. --- Animals, Wild. --- Animal Diseases --- Animals, Wild

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Describes the welfare implications of keeping wild and domestic birds in captivity. The environmental and social requirements of various avian species are discussed and suggestions made for appropriate housing and management techniques. Particular attention is paid to human-bird interactions and their impact on the behavior and welfare of the birds involved. Training methods for companion birds are also described. Possible future trends in keeping birds in captivity are discussed in relation to evolving laws and codes for both wild and domesticated birds and in the light of developing attitudes to animals.

Life Sciences. --- Zoology. --- Animal Genetics and Genomics. --- Animal Physiology. --- Behavioural Sciences. --- Veterinary Medicine. --- Life sciences. --- Veterinary medicine. --- Animal behavior. --- Animal genetics. --- Sciences de la vie --- Médecine vétérinaire --- Animaux --- Zoologie --- Génétique animale --- Moeurs et comportement --- 590.2 --- dierenwelzijn (lt) --- vogels (lt) --- Animal welfare --- Aviculture --- Bird culture --- Birds --- Culture, Bird --- Rearing of birds --- Animal culture --- Abuse of animals --- Animal cruelty --- Animals --- Animals, Cruelty to --- Animals, Protection of --- Animals, Treatment of --- Cruelty to animals --- Humane treatment of animals --- Kindness to animals --- Mistreatment of animals --- Neglect of animals --- Prevention of cruelty to animals --- Protection of animals --- Treatment of animals --- Welfare, Animal --- Culture --- Husbandry --- Rearing --- Abuse of --- Social aspects

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Animal 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 best 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 farm animal welfare in the West derives largely from the fact that the relentless pursuit of financial reward and efficiency has led to the development of intensive animal production systems, that challenge the conscience of many consumers in those countries. In developing countries human survival is still a daily uncertainty, so that provision for animal welfare has to be balanced against human welfare. Welfare is usually 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. Livestock are the world’s biggest land user (FAO, 2002) and the population is increasing rapidly to meet the need of an expanding human population. Populations of farm animals managed by humans are therefore increasing worldwide, and there is the tendency to allocate fewer resources to each animal. Increased attention to welfare issues is just as evident for companion, laboratory, wild and zoo animals.

Horses. --- Animal welfare. --- Chevaux --- Animaux --- Protection --- Agriculture. --- Horses --- Animal welfare --- Recreation & Sports --- Zoology - General --- Zoology --- Social Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- 633.5 --- Paarden (lt) --- Veterinary medicine --- Abuse of animals --- Animal cruelty --- Animals --- Animals, Cruelty to --- Animals, Protection of --- Animals, Treatment of --- Cruelty to animals --- Humane treatment of animals --- Kindness to animals --- Mistreatment of animals --- Neglect of animals --- Prevention of cruelty to animals --- Protection of animals --- Treatment of animals --- Welfare, Animal --- Equus caballus --- Farriery --- Hippology --- Horse --- Domestic animals --- Equus --- Livestock --- Pachyderms --- Hinnies --- Mules --- Abuse of --- Social aspects --- Zoology. --- Animal genetics. --- Animal physiology. --- Animal behavior. --- Animal Genetics and Genomics. --- Animal Physiology. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Behavior, Animal --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Animal physiology --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Genetics --- Natural history --- Behavior --- Physiology --- Behavioral sciences.

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Meat and meat products constitute some of the most important foods in western societies. However, the area of meat biotechnology is not as comprehensively covered as other areas of food biotechnology. Missing from this area are the recent developments for better sensory and nutritional quality as well as improved safety. The main goal of this book is to provide the reader with the recent developments in biotechnology and their applications in the meat processing chain. To achieve this goal, the book is divided into four parts. The first part deals with the use of modern biotechnology applied to farm animals. The second part focuses on the recent biotechnological developments in starter cultures for better meat fermentation. The third part discusses current approaches to improve the quality and nutritional properties of meats. The final part presents the latest advances in protection against foodborne pathogens, and other recent trends in the field. Written by distinguished international contributors, this book brings together the advances in such varied and different biotechnological topics.

Chemistry. --- Food Science. --- Chemistry/Food Science, general. --- Biotechnology. --- Food science. --- Chimie --- Biotechnologie --- Meat -- Microbiology. --- Meat -- Quality. --- Meat animals -- Genetic engineering. --- Meat animals --- Meat --- Biomedical Engineering --- Diet & Clinical Nutrition --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biology --- Genetic engineering --- Quality --- Microbiology --- Genetic engineering. --- Quality. --- Microbiology. --- Meat quality --- Bacteriology --- Food --- Quality of products --- Food animals --- Chemical engineering --- Physical sciences --- Science --- Food—Biotechnology.

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Plio-Pleistocene sites are a rare occurrence in the archaeological record. When they are uncovered, the faunal materials so crucial to unlocking their behavioral meaning are often poorly preserved. For example, at Koobi Fora, Kenya, a prolific region that preserves several classic Plio-Pleistocene sites, many bones are affected by poor cortical surface preservation (Isaac, 1997). Such taphonomic vagaries limit the range of questions that can be addressed with these assemblages. In other instances, access to materials can be limited due to local from politics or rivalries between individual research teams. As a result, many important assemblages either remain unstudied or have been interpreted without the advantage of a fully developed taphonomic framework, a situation that all but guarantees stagnant interpretations.

Fossil hominids --- Paleontology --- Paleoanthropology --- Animals, Fossil --- Homme fossile --- Paléontologie --- Paléoanthropologie --- Animaux fossiles --- Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) --- Olduvai (Tanzanie) --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- EPUB-LIV-FT SPRINGER-B LIVSOCIA --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Geology. --- Paleontology . --- Paleontology. --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Human beings --- Paleolithic period, Lower --- Taphonomy --- Animal remains (Archaeology) --- Tanzania --- Animal fossils --- Animals, Antediluvian --- Animals, Prehistoric --- Antediluvian animals --- Fauna, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric animals --- Prehistoric fauna --- Ice Age --- Pleistocene Epoch --- Early man --- Fossil hominins --- Fossil man --- Hominids, Fossil --- Hominins, Fossil --- Human fossils --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Primates, Fossil --- Human paleontology --- Anthropology, Prehistoric --- Physical anthropology --- Archaeozoology --- Zooarchaeology --- Zoology in archaeology --- Archaeology --- Bones --- Animal paleopathology --- Chopper-Chopping Tool Complex --- Lower Paleolithic period --- Stone age --- Methodology --- Olduwai Gorge (Tanzania)