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Record Nr.

UNINA9910555147303321

Titolo

Companion animal care and welfare : the UFAW companion animal handbook / / edited by James Yeates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

1-118-68878-3

1-119-33370-9

1-118-68876-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (485 pages) : colour illustrations

Disciplina

636.083

Soggetti

Pets

Animal welfare

Animals - Diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the care and animal welfare of all species -- Carnivorans (Carnivora) -- Cats (Felis silvestris catus) -- Dogs (Canis familiaris) -- Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) -- Rabbits and rodents (Glires) -- European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) -- Guinea pigs, chinchillas and degus (Caviomorphs) -- Golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) -- Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) -- Domestic rats (Rattus norvegicus) -- Ungulates (Ungulata) -- Horses (Equus caballus) -- Birds (Avia) -- Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) -- True parrots (Psittacoidea) -- Pigeons (Columba livia) -- Reptiles (Reptilia) -- Central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) -- Non-venomous colubrid snakes (Colubridae) -- Mediterranean tortoises (Testudo spp.) -- Ornamental fish (Actinopterygii) -- Goldfish (Carassius auratus).