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Animals and Human Society

Animals and Human Society provides a solid, scientific, research-based background to advance understanding of how animals impact humans. Animals have had profound effects on people… Read more

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Animals and Human Society provides a solid, scientific, research-based background to advance understanding of how animals impact humans. Animals have had profound effects on people from the earliest times, ranging from zoonotic diseases, to the global impact of livestock, poultry and fish production, to the influences of human-associated animals on the environment (on extinctions, air and water pollution, greenhouse gases, etc.), to the importance of animals in human evolution and hunter -gatherer communities.As a resource for both science and non-science, Animals and Human Society can be used as a text for courses in Animals and Human Society or Animal Science, or as supplemental material for Introduction to Animal Science. It offers foundational background to those who may have little background in animal agriculture and have focused interest on companion animals and horses. The work introduces livestock production (including poultry and aquaculture) but also includes coverage of companion and lab animals. In addition, animal behavior and animal perception are covered.Animals and Human Society is likewise an excellent resource for researchers, academics, or students newly entering a related field or coming from another discipline and needing foundational information, as well as interested laypersons looking to augment their knowledge on the many impacts of animals in human society.

Key features

  • Features research-based and pedagogically sound content, with learning goals and textboxes to provide key information
  • Challenges readers to consider issues based on facts rather than polemics
  • Poses ethical questions and raises overall societal impacts
  • Balances traditional animal science with companion animals, animal biology, zoonotic diseases, animal products, environmental impacts and all aspects of human/animal interaction

Readership

Undergrads in science and non-science majors, in biological science, pre-veterinary science, public health, animal science (internationally zootechnica), veterinary technicians, non-natural science majors, and as a recommended or required text for a class in Animals and Human Society or freshman Animal Science, as well as independently of courses, such as for researchers/ instructors/ graduates/postdocs and/or upper undergraduates in the above-mentioned disciplines and animal behavior, animal science, agriculture, food science, evolutionary biology, conservation biology, ecotoxicology, environmental science, veterinary medicine, public health, infectious disease/epidemiology and zooethnography and other interested readers with a background in biology

Table of contents

1. Animal perception – differences with those of people

2. Animal attributes exploited by humans

3. Animal products and human nutrition

4. Animals and human development

5. Hunter gatherers

6. The Neolithic Revolution

7. Domestic agricultural animals

7.a. Impact of livestock globally to alleviating hunger

7.b. The impact of animal genetics

7.c. The impact of animal feeds

7.d. Sustainable livestock production

8. Non-vertebrates

9. Animals in the military

10. Animals in entertainment and sport

10.e. The impact of horse

10.f. The economic impact of horses in the USA

11. Animals in religion, culture and mythology

12. Animals as companions

13. Animals in medicine and research

13.g. Animal experimentation

14. Zoonoses and allergies

15. Pests

16. Parasites

17. Invasive and Introduced Species

18. Impact of Agricultural Animals on the Environment

19. Habitat Destruction

19.h. Animal waste

19.i. Wildlife and environmental pollution

19.j. Human wildlife conflicts

20. Animal welfare vs Animal rights

21. Animal extinctions

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About the editors

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Colin G. Scanes

Dr. Colin G. Scanes is Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He obtained his PhD from the University of Wales and his DSc from Hull University. His research interests include anthrozoology; animal physiology, nutrition, and production; and veterinary medicine. He has received numerous awards for his research in animal and agricultural sciences, most recently from the American Society of Animal Science. In addition to faculty positions with the University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, and Mississippi State University, Dr. Scanes has worked various federal positions with the USDA, SANREM CRSP, DOE, and EPA FQPA. He has led the development of more than a dozen books, including the first edition of Animals and Human Society and the 6th and 7th editions of Sturkie’s Avian Physiology.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

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Samia Toukhsati

Dr. Samia R. Toukhsati is Senior Lecturer of Psychology at Federation University in Australia. She has held academic and professional positions at Monash University, Ohio State University, Austin Health, and the Animal Welfare Science Centre. Her research interests include anthrozoology, animal welfare, clinical psychology, and behavioral medicine. She co-edited the first edition of Animals and Human Society with Dr. Colin G. Scanes.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Federation University

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