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By:Horace Nicholas Brocklesby
Published on 1941 by
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Friday, November 30, 2018
The chemistry and technology of marine animal oils with particular reference to those of Canada
The Waltham Book of Human-Animal Interaction
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By:I. Robinson
Published on 2013-10-22 by Elsevier
ISBN 9781483280097
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The Waltham Book of Human-Animal Interaction: Benefits and Responsibilities of Pet Ownership discusses the scientific study of the relationship between man and animals, focusing on the behavior of companion animals, and how humans and animals affect each other's behavior. This first half of this book discusses research on benefits that have been found to accumulate from associations with animals, and the role of animals in care and therapy program. The responsibilities toward the animals kept, and how to enhance their care and welfare are considered in the next chapters. The human response to pet loss is also elaborated. This publication is beneficial to veterinary students and individuals concerned with the study of human-animal interactions.
Animal Speak
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By:Ted Andrews
Published on 2010-09-08 by Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 9780738717630
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Open your heart and mind to the wisdom of the animal world. Animal Speak provides techniques for recognizing and interpreting the signs and omens of nature. Meet and work with animals as totems and spirit guides by learning the language of their behaviors within the physical world. Animal Speak shows you how to: Identify, meet, and attune to your spirit animals Discover the power and spiritual significance of more than 100 different animals, birds, insects, and reptiles Call upon the protective powers of your animal totem Create and use five magical animal rites, including shapeshifting and sacred dance This beloved, bestselling guide has become a classic reference for anyone wishing to forge a spiritual connection with the majesty and mystery of the animal world.
Thursday, November 29, 2018
The Great Compassion
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By:Norm Phelps
Published on 2004 by Lantern Books
ISBN 9781590560693
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Buddhism ought to be an animal rights religion par excellence. It has long held that all life forms are sacred and considers kindness and compassion the highest virtues. Moreover, Buddhism explicitly includes animals in its moral universe. Buddhist rules of conduct--including the first precept, Do not kill --apply to our treatment of animals as well as to our treatment of other human beings. Consequently, we would expect Buddhism to oppose all forms of animal exploitation, and there is, in fact, wide agreement that most forms of animal exploitation are contrary to Buddhist teaching. Yet many Buddhists eat meat although many do not and monks, priests, and scholars sometimes defend meat-eating as consistent with Buddhist teaching. The Great Compassion studies the various strains of Buddhism and the sutras that command respect for all life. Norm Phelps, a longtime student of Buddhism and an acquaintance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, answers the central questions of whether Buddhism demands vegetarianism and whether the Buddha ate meat. He is not afraid to examine anti-animal statements in Buddhist lore particularly the issues of whether Buddhists in non-historically Buddhist countries need to keep or to jettison the practices of their historical homelands.|
Farm Animal Behaviour
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By:Ekesbo, I.
Published on by CABI
ISBN 9781780640839
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Animal Minds
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By:Donald R. Griffin
Published on 2001-05-01 by University of Chicago Press
ISBN 9780226308654
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A pioneer in animal cognition makes the case for investigating the consciousness of non-humans, using examples from his work with dolphins, chimpanzees, and birds to back his arguement, in a revised and expanded edition of the classic study.
Victorian Animal Dreams
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By:Deborah Denenholz Morse,Martin A. Danahay
Published on 2007 by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 9780754655114
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The contributors examine various forms of human dominion over animals as manifest in fiction, performance, and the visual arts, as well as in hunting, killing, vivisection, and zookeeping. Distinguished by its acknowledgment of how the Victorians' obsession with animals continues to haunt twenty-first-century animal rights debates, Victorian Animal Dreams provides valuable insight into the burgeoning field of animal studies and points toward future studies of animals in the Victorian period.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Game Changer
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By:Glen Martin
Published on 2012 by Univ of California Press
ISBN 9780520266261
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Assesses the rising influence of the animal rights movement in Africa to find that the policies championed by animal welfare groups could lead paradoxically to the elimination of the very species that are the most cherished.
Animal Rights
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By:Clare Palmer
Published on 2008-01-01 by Ashgate Publishing Company
ISBN 9780754627418
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Do animals have moral rights? If so, which ones? How does this affect our thinking about agriculture and experimentation? If animals have moral rights, should they be protected by law? These are some of the questions addressed in this collection, which contains more that 30 papers spanning nearly 40 years of debates about animal rights.
Animal Physiology: From Genes to Organisms
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By:Lauralee Sherwood,Hillar Klandorf,Paul Yancey
Published on 2012-01-01 by Cengage Learning
ISBN 9780840068651
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Promoting a conceptual understanding and taking an integrative systems approach, ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 2E illustrates the individual organization as well as the collective interdependence of each complete physiological system. The text begins with chapters on integrative principles and on the genomic, molecular, and cellular basis of physiology, then proceeds to chapters on individual organ systems. For each organ system, evolutionary forces as well as current cellular and molecular research are discussed. To clearly illustrate system interdependence, each systems chapter contains a summary, titled Making Connections. To make the text even more accessible to students, the authors also incorporate a comparative approach to animal physiology, examining the basic physiology of many vertebrate and nonvertebrate animals as well as their primary diseases and ability to respond to environmental changes. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
An essay on animal reproductions
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By:Lazzaro Spallanzani
Published on 1769 by
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Is God a Vegetarian?
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By:Richard A. Young
Published on 1999 by Open Court Publishing
ISBN 9780812693935
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Young, |gives us a fresh reading of the Jewish and Christian traditions on animal-related issues, correcting misguided Christian views on the relation between humans and animals, while facing up to the hard questions for Christians who want to embrace vegetarianism as a morally responsible way of life.|--Cover.
Pheromones and Animal Behaviour
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By:Tristram D. Wyatt
Published on 2003-02-27 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9780521485265
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Introduction to chemical communication and pheromones.
Visible and Near Infrared Absorption Spectra of Human and Animal Haemoglobin
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By:Willem Gerrit Zijlstra,Anneke Buursma,Onno Willem van Assendelft
Published on 2000-03 by VSP
ISBN 9789067643177
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The bright colour of haemoglobin has, from the very beginning, played a significant role in both the investigation of this compound as well as in the study of blood oxygen transport. Numerous optical methods have been developed for measuring haemoglobin concentration, oxygen saturation, and the principal dyshaemoglobins in vitro as well as in vivo. Modern applications include pulse oximeters, fibre optic oximeters, multiwavelength haemoglobin photometers ('co-oximeters') and instruments for near infrared spectroscopy in vivo. Knowledge of the light absorption spectra of the common haemoglobin derivatives is a prerequisite for the development and understanding of these techniques. In the 1960s a reference method based on the absorptivity of a single derivative (haemiglobincyanide; HiCN) at a single wavelength (540 nm) was established for measuring the total haemoglobin concentration. Thus an anchor value was provided on which the absorptivity spectra of all other haemoglobin derivatives could be based. This monograph presents absorption spectra and absorptivity data in the wavelength range of 480 to 1000 nm of the major haemoglobin derivatives for human adult and foetal haemoglobin and for haemoglobin of several animals (cow, dog, horse, pig, rat, and adult and foetal sheep). A detailed description of the methods used to acquire these data has been included to allow future investigators to reproduce and expand on the data. The second part of the monograph includes chapters on the principles and development, in historical perspective, of the principal methods for measuring total haemoglobin concentration for two, three, and multi-component analysis of haemoglobin derivatives, and for blood oxygen saturation measurement. Accurate quantitative data pertaining to haemoglobin in human blood are presented, together with a description of methods for measuring haemoglobin oxygen capacity and oxygen affinity. These chapters have been written with a view to foster knowledge and insight concerning the principles, purposes, and limitations of the various methods of all who use these methods in research and patient care.
Monday, November 26, 2018
Animal Rights
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By:Andrew Linzey,Paul A. B. Clarke
Published on 1990 by Columbia University Press
ISBN 9780231134217
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This comprehensive and diverse anthology, the only one of its kind, illuminates the complex evolution of moral thought regarding animals and includes writings from ancient Greece to the present. Animal Rights reveals the ways in which a variety of thinkers have addressed such issues as our ethical responsibilities for the welfare of animals, whether animals have rights, and what it means to be human.
Animal Migration
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By:Ben Hoare
Published on 2009 by Univ of California Press
ISBN 9780520258235
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This guide explores the mysteries of animal migration over land, through oceans, and by air. With more than 300 color photographs, maps, and illustrations, it covers every continent as it traces the routes of some 50 remarkable migrations -- including those of polar bears, wildebeest, hummingbirds, iguanas, and sharks. The author describes the navigation, reproduction, and feeding strategies of these animals and discusses migrations that stand out for their extraordinary challenges, such as those that take animals unthinkable distances across hostile territory. This book also includes a catalog of migration hot spots around the world -- places where the planet's greatest animal voyages can be observed.
The Animal Ethics Reader
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By:Susan J. Armstrong,Richard G. Botzler
Published on 2016-11-18 by Taylor & Francis
ISBN 9781317421979
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The Animal Ethics Reader is an acclaimed anthology containing both classic and contemporary readings, making it ideal for anyone coming to the subject for the first time. It provides a thorough introduction to the central topics, controversies and ethical dilemmas surrounding the treatment of animals, covering a wide range of contemporary issues, such as animal activism, genetic engineering, and environmental ethics. The extracts are arranged thematically under the following clear headings: Theories of Animal Ethics Nonhuman Animal Experiences Primates and Cetaceans Animals for Food Animal Experimentation Animals and Biotechnology Ethics and Wildlife Zoos and Aquariums Animal Companions Animal Law and Animal Activism Readings from leading experts in the field including Peter Singer, Bernard E. Rollin and Jane Goodall are featured, as well as selections from Tom Regan, Jane Goodall, Donald Griffin, Temple Grandin, Ben A. Minteer, Christine Korsgaard and Mark Rowlands. Classic extracts are well balanced with contemporary selections, helping to present the latest developments in the field. This revised and updated Third Edition includes 31 new readings on a range of subjects, including animal rights, captive chimpanzees, industrial farm animal production, genetic engineering, keeping cetaceans in captivity, animal cruelty, and animal activism. The Third Edition also is printed with a slightly larger page format and in an easier-to-read typeface. Featuring contextualizing introductions by the editors, study questions and further reading suggestions as the end of each chapter, this will be essential reading for any student taking a course in the subject. With a new foreword by Bernard E. Rollin.
Animal Cells and Life Processes
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By:Barbara A. Somervill
Published on 2010-09-01 by Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 9781432938772
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This book explores the features of the animal cell and includes information about life processes such as respiration.
Sunday, November 25, 2018
The Cognitive Animal
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By:Marc Bekoff,Colin Allen,Gordon M. Burghardt
Published on 2002 by MIT Press
ISBN 9780262523226
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An interdisciplinary anthology of essays on animal cognition.
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Does It Fart?
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By:Nick Caruso,Dani Rabaiotti
Published on 2018-04-03 by Hachette Books
ISBN 9780316484138
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Dogs do it. Millipedes do it. Dinosaurs did it. You do it. I do it. Octopuses don't (and nor do octopi). Spiders might do it: more research is needed. Birds don't do it, but they could if they wanted to. Herrings do it to communicate with each other. In 2017 zoologist Dani Rabaiotti's teenage brother asked her a most teenaged question: Do snakes fart? Stumped, Rabaiotti turned to Twitter. The internet did not disappoint. Her innocent question spawned the hashtag #doesitfart and it spread like a noxious gas. Dozens of noted experts began weighing in on which animals do and don't fart, and if they do, how much, how often, what it's made of, what it smells like, and why. Clearly, the public demands more information on animal farts. Does it Fart? fills that void: a fully authoritative, fully illustrated guide to animal flatulence, covering the habits of 80 animals in more detail than you ever knew you needed. What do hyena farts smell especially bad? What is a fossa, and does it fart? Why do clams vomit but not fart? And what is a fart, really? Pairing hilarious illustrations with surprisingly detailed scientific explanations, Does it Fart? will allow you to shift the blame onto all kinds of unlikely animals for years to come.
Animal Sight
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By:Kirsten Hall
Published on 2005-07-01 by Gareth Stevens
ISBN 9780836848038
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Describes the ways different animals experience sight, including chameleons, snails, sea stars, and spiders.
Principles and Applications of Domestic Animal Behavior
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By:Edward O. Price
Published on 2008 by CABI
ISBN 9781845933982
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In order to understand and manage animals in their natural or captive environments we must first understand why animals do what they do and recognize limitations in their ability to adapt to different environments. Drawing on the author's considerable experience in both teaching and research, this introductory-level textbook describes the basic principles underlying animal behavior and how those concepts can be used in managing the care of domestic and captive wild animals, covering four key themes: development of behavior, biological rhythms, social behavior and behavioral aspects of animal management. Extensively illustrated with many practical examples and over 150 photos and figures, the book will be essential reading for animal science and veterinary students.
Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology7
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By:William Howard Miller,Craig E. Griffin,Karen L. Campbell,George H. Muller
Published on 2013 by Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 9781416000280
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Rev. ed. of: Muller & Kirk's small animal dermatology. 6th ed. / Danny W. Scott, William H. Miller, Jr., Craig E. Griffin. c2001.
Animal Masquerade
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By:Marianne Dubuc
Published on 2012 by Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 9781554537822
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The animals get together for a costume parade where they each dress as other animals, including an elephant dressed as a parrot, a ladybug in a hippopotamus outfit, and a fish whose cat costume causes the others to dub him a |catfish.|
Friday, November 23, 2018
Atlas of Small Animal Surgery
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By:F. J. van Sluijs
Published on 1992-01-01 by
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