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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819324303321

Autore

Carbone Larry

Titolo

What animals want : expertise and advocacy in laboratory animal welfare policy / / Larry Carbone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-988299-1

0-19-972188-2

1-280-53278-5

1-60256-728-X

9786610532780

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

179/.4

Soggetti

Animal experimentation

Laboratory animals

Animal welfare

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 (p. 265-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; 1 Introduction: What animals want; 2 Life in the animal laboratory; 3 Animal welfare: Philosophy meets science; 4 A rat is a pig: The significance of species; 5 Performance standards: How big is your guinea pig's house?; 6 Centaurs and science: The professionalization of laboratory animal care and use; 7 The problem of pain; 8 The animal advocates; 9 Death by decapitation: A case study; 10 Dog walkers and monkey psychiatrists; 11 A look to the future; GLOSSARY; A; C; D; E; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P

RS; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Larry Carbone provides a balanced and reasonable advocacy of animal rights, looking at how to ethically and responsibly conduct biomedical and behavioural research that respects the rights and welfare of all subjects including animals.