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  title info:
    title: Animals and public health
    sub title: why treating animals better is critical to human welfare
  name:
    name part: Akhtar, Aysha.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Palgrave Connect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Ebooks.
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: It is often assumed, particularly by those in the health fields, that the welfare of animals is in opposition to that of humans. Aysha Akhtar, M.D., M.P.H., dispels that notion by presenting scientific evidence that demonstrates just how intricately related human and animal health and welfare are. In a lively and engaging manner, this highly accessible text takes the reader through a diverse array of health topics and explores the link between the way we treat animals and how it affects human health. Dr. Akhtar explores the lives of animals in violent homes, factory farms, experimental laboratories, the entertainment industry and the wildlife trade. She reveals how their poor treatment is both directly and indirectly related to some of the most significant and urgent health issues we face today. This ground-breaking and timely book draws from examples as diverse as domestic violence, Michael Vick's dog-fighting ring, the world's most ominous infectious diseases, animal attacks, high-profile drug failures and global warming. The result is a powerful and compelling argument on the critical need to improve our treatment of animals not only to alleviate their suffering but also to alleviate our own.
  table of contents: Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The Welfare of Animals and its Relevance to Our Health -- Victims of Abuse: Making the Connection -- Lions, Tigers and Bears. The Global Trade in Animals -- Foul Farms: the State of Animal Agriculture -- Animal Agriculture: Our Health and our Environment -- The Costs of Animal Experiments -- The New Public Health.
  note: by Aysha Akhtar, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK, and the US Food and Drug Administration, North Potomac, Maryland, USA.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Description based on opening page (viewed Feb 10, 2016).
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Animal welfare
  subject:
    topic: Health
  subject:
    topic: Animal Welfare
  subject:
    topic: Public Health
  classification: HV4708 .A34 2011
  classification: HV 4708 A315a 2011eb
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series
  identifier: 9780230358522 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 0230358527 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 0230249736
  identifier: 9780230249738
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: UKPGM
    record creation date: 120229
    record change date: 20190418084059.0
    record identifier: in00004516696
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng