Animals and human society / edited by Colin G. Scanes, Samia Toukhsati.

Animals and Human Society provides a solid, scientific, research-based background to advance understanding of how animals impact humans. As a resource for both science and non-science majors (including students planning to major in or studying animal science, pre-veterinary medicine, animal behavior, conservation biology, ecotoxicology, epidemiology and evolutionary biology), the book can be used as a text for courses in Animals and Human Society or Animal Science, or as supplemental material for an Introduction to Animal Science. The book offers foundational background to those who may have little background in animal agriculture and have focused interest on companion animals and horses. 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. The volume 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. It can also function as a reference or recommended reading for a capstone class on ethical and public policy aspects related to animals. This book 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Animal perception including differences with humans / Colin G. Scanes -- Animal attributes exploited by humans (nonfood uses of animals) / Colin G. Scanes -- Animal products and human nutrition / Colin G. Scanes -- Hunter-gatherers / Colin G. Scanes -- Animals and hominid developments / Colin G. Scanes -- The Neolithic revolution: revolution, animal domestication and early forms of animal agriculture / Colin G. Scanes -- Animal agriculture: livestock, poultry and fish aquaculture / Colin G. Scanes -- Invertebrates and their use by humans / Colin G. Scanes -- Animals in the military / Colin Salter -- Animals in entertainment / Colin G. Scanes -- Animals and religion, belief systems, symbolism and myth / Colin G. Scanes, Pu Chengzhong -- Animals as companions / Kate Mornement -- Animals in medicine and research / Tiffani J. Howell -- Animals and human disease: zoonosis, vectors, food-borne diseases and allergies / Colin G. Scanes -- Pest animals / Samia R. Toukhsati, Colin G. Scanes -- Parasites / Colin G. Scanes, Samia R. Toukhsati -- Invasive species / Colin G. Scanes -- Impact of agricultural animals on the environment / Colin G. Scanes -- Human activity and habitat loss: destruction, fragmentation and degradation / Colin G. Scanes -- Animal welfare and animal rights / Clive J.C. Phillips, Katrina Kluss -- Animal extinctions / Samia R. Toukhsati.

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