Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9783030860141 |
| ISBN10: | 30308601411 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 638 pages |
| Size: | 235x155 mm |
| Weight: | 985 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 1 Illustrations, black & white |
| 640 |
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Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles
Edition number: 2nd ed. 2023
Publisher: Springer
Date of Publication: 25 January 2024
Number of Volumes: 1 pieces, Book
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Short description:
This extensively revised and expanded new edition offers concepts, principles and applied information that relates to the wellbeing of reptiles. As a manual on health and welfare in a similar vein to volumes addressing the sciences of anatomy, behaviour or psychology, this book thoroughly examines the biology of reptile welfare and is about meeting biological needs.
The editors, acknowledged experts in their own right, have once again drawn together an extremely impressive international group of contributors. Positive and negative implications of general husbandry and research programs are discussed. In addition to greatly revised original content are nine new chapters offering readers novel insight into:
? sensory systems? social behaviour
? brain and cognition
? controlled deprivation and enrichment
?effects of captivity-imposed noise and light disturbance on welfare? spatial and thermal factors? evidential thresholds for species suitability in captivity? record keeping as an aid to captive care
? arbitrary husbandry practices and misconceptions
The authors have adopted a user-friendly writing style to accommodate a broad readership. Although primarily aimed at academic professionals, this comprehensive volume is fundamentally a biology book that will also inform all involved in captive reptile husbandry. Among others, zoo personnel, herpetologists, veterinarians, lab animal scientists, and expert readers in animal welfare and behavioural studies will benefit from this updated work.
This extensively revised and expanded new edition offers concepts, principles and applied information that relates to the wellbeing of reptiles. As a manual on health and welfare in a similar vein to volumes addressing the sciences of anatomy, behaviour or psychology, this book thoroughly examines the biology of reptile welfare and is about meeting biological needs.
The editors, acknowledged experts in their own right, have once again drawn together an extremely impressive international group of contributors. Positive and negative implications of general husbandry and research programs are discussed. In addition to greatly revised original content are nine new chapters offering readers novel insight into:
? sensory systems
? social behaviour
? brain and cognition
? controlled deprivation and enrichment
?effects of captivity-imposed noise and light disturbance on welfare
? spatial and thermal factors
? evidential thresholds for species suitability in captivity
? record keeping as an aid to captive care
? arbitrary husbandry practices and misconceptionsThe authors have adopted a user-friendly writing style to accommodate a broad readership. Although primarily aimed at academic professionals, this comprehensive volume is fundamentally a biology book that will also inform all involved in captive reptile husbandry. Among others, zoo personnel, herpetologists, veterinarians, lab animal scientists, and expert readers in animal welfare and behavioural studies will benefit from this updated work.
Long description:
?Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, Second Edition is a huge 19-chapter,638-pagebook ? . it consists of a series of very detailed literature reviews on aspects of reptile physiology and behavior ? . Each chapter is heavy with references. ? Inclusion of the weblinks to those which are freely available in the reference lists is a welcome touch. ? I suspect the book will prove most valuable to educators in veterinary schools and agricultural colleges? (Frances M. Baines, Animal Welfare, November 6, 2023)
This extensively revised and expanded new edition offers concepts, principles and applied information that relates to the wellbeing of reptiles. As a manual on health and welfare in a similar vein to volumes addressing the sciences of anatomy, behaviour or psychology, this book thoroughly examines the biology of reptile welfare and is about meeting biological needs.
The editors, acknowledged experts in their own right, have once again drawn together an extremely impressive international group of contributors. Positive and negative implications of general husbandry and research programs are discussed. In addition to greatly revised original content are nine new chapters offering readers novel insight into:
? sensory systems
? social behaviour
? brain and cognition
? controlled deprivation and enrichment
?effects of captivity-imposed noise and light disturbance on welfare
?spatial and thermal factors
?evidential thresholds for species suitability in captivity
? record keeping as an aid to captive care
?arbitrary husbandry practices and misconceptionsThe authors have adopted a user-friendly writing style to accommodate a broad readership. Although primarily aimed at academic professionals, this comprehensive volume is fundamentally a biology book that will also inform all involved in captive reptile husbandry. Among others, zoo personnel, herpetologists, veterinarians, lab animal scientists, and expert readers in animal welfare and behavioural studies will benefit from this updated work.
?Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, Second Edition is a huge 19-chapter,638-pagebook ? . it consists of a series of very detailed literature reviews on aspects of reptile physiology and behavior ? . Each chapter is heavy with references. ? Inclusion of the weblinks to those which are freely available in the reference lists is a welcome touch. ? I suspect the book will prove most valuable to educators in veterinary schools and agricultural colleges? (Frances M. Baines, Animal Welfare, November 6, 2023)
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Physiology and Functional Anatomy.- Chapter 3. Sensory Systems.- Chapter 4. Biology of Stress.- Chapter 5. Normal Behaviour.- Chapter 6. Social Behaviour as a Challenge for Welfare.- Chapter 7. Brains, Behaviour, and Cognition: Multiple Misconceptions.- Chapter 8. Psychological and Behavioural Principles and Problems.- Chapter 9. Effects of Ontogeny, Rearing Conditions, and Individual Differences on Behaviour: Welfare, Conservation, and Invasive Species Implications.- Chapter 10. Controlled Deprivation and Enrichment.- Chapter 11. Effects of Noise and Light.- Chapter 12. Ethologically Informed Design and DEEP Ethology in Theory and Practice.- Chapter 13. Spatial and Thermal Factors.- Chapter 14. Nutritional Considerations.- Chapter 15. Naturalistic Versus Unnaturalistic Environments.- Chapter 16. Evidential Thresholds for Species Suitability in Captivity.- Chapter 17. Record Keeping as an Aid to Captive Care.- Chapter 18. Arbitrary Husbandry Practices and Misconceptions.- Chapter 19. Miscellaneous Factors.