1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145423703321

Autore

Wolfensohn Sarah

Titolo

Handbook of primate husbandry and welfare [[electronic resource] /] / Sarah Wolfensohn and Paul Honess

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Horizontal Blackwell Pub., c2005

ISBN

1-281-21445-0

9786611214456

0-470-79675-8

0-470-75295-5

1-4051-5615-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HonessPaul

Disciplina

636.089

636.98

Soggetti

Primates as laboratory animals

Captive wild animals

Animal welfare

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Primates: Their characteristics and relationship with man; What is a primate?; Primate characteristics; Why are primates special?; Ethical considerations of animals in captivity; Legal considerations; Further reading; 2 The physical environment; Considerations in acccomodation design; Indoor/outdoor/combination facilities?; Environmental conditions; Waste management; Further research needed; Further reading; 3 Staff management and health and safety; Selection of staff; Training of staff; Health and safety issues

Lone workingEmployee security; Further reading; 4 Nutrition; Natural feeding ecology; Diet formulation and processing; Energy requirements; Carbohydrate, protein and fat; Minerals and vitamins; Water; Supplements; Different life stages; Hand rearing of infants; Further reading; 5 Physical well-being; Assessment of physical health; Quarantine programme; Health-screening programme; Common



infectious diseases; Husbandry-related diseases; Sedation of primates; Further reading; 6 Psychological well-being; Strategy for psychological well-being; Environmental enrichment

Assessment of psychological healthFurther reading; 7 Training of primates; Why train primates?; Sociality and psychological well-being in primates; Primate behaviour; Modification of behaviour; Further reading; 8 Breeding; Group systems and sizes; Primate fertility; Natural suppression of fertility; Reproductive cycles; Artificial control of reproduction; Pregnancy diagnosis; Parturition; Lactation and weaning; Breeding lifespan; Selection of breeding males; Further reading; 9 Sourcing and transporting primates; Background; Transportation; Provision during transport; Post-move monitoring

Further readingIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare covers all aspects of primate care and management both in the laboratory environment and in zoos. From the welfare and ethics of primate captivity through to housing and husbandry systems, environmental enrichment, nutritional requirements, breeding issues, primate diseases, and additional information on transportation and quarantine proceedings, this book provides a completely comprehensive guide to good husbandry and management of primates. Designed to be a practical field manual, the authors present the material using lists, tables and illust



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788103303321

Titolo

Ending the fossil fuel era / / edited by Thomas Princen, Jack P. Manno and Pamela L. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-262-32708-2

0-262-02880-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (387 p.)

Disciplina

553.2

Soggetti

Fossil fuels

Energy security

Energy policy

Environmental degradation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Part 1 The Fossil Fuel Problem; 1 The Problem; 2 The Biophysical; 3 The Cultural; 4 The Ethical; Part 2 Keeping Them in the Ground; Introduction to Part 2; 5 Leaving Oil under the Amazon; 6 Appalachia Coal; 7 El Salvador Gold; 8 Slowing Uranium in Australia; 9 The Future Would Have to Give Way to the Past; 10 Heating Up and Cooling Down the Petrostate; Part 3 The Politics of Delegitimization; 11 The Good Life (Sumak Kawsay) and the Good Mind (Ganigonhi:oh); 12 Exit Strategies; 13 On the Way Down; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Not so long ago, people North and South had little reason to believe that wealth from oil, gas, and coal brought anything but great prosperity. But the presumption of net benefits from fossil fuels is eroding as widening circles of people rich and poor experience the downside. A positive transition to a post-fossil fuel era cannot wait for global agreement, a swap-in of renewables, a miracle technology, a carbon market, or lifestyle change. This book shows that it is now possible to take the first step toward the post-fossil fuel era, by resisting the slow violence of extreme extraction and combustion,



exiting the industry, and imagining a good life after fossil fuels.