Fish welfare /
Fish have the same stress response and powers of nociception as mammals. Their behavioural responses to a variety of situations suggest a considerable ability for higher level neural processing - a level of consciousness equivalent perhaps to that attributed to mammals. Each chapter of this book has...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; Ames, Iowa :
Blackwell Pub.,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Fish have the same stress response and powers of nociception as mammals. Their behavioural responses to a variety of situations suggest a considerable ability for higher level neural processing - a level of consciousness equivalent perhaps to that attributed to mammals. Each chapter of this book has been written by specialists in their field. The subject matter is wide ranging and covers in detail concepts of animal welfare in addition to more specific aspects of fish welfare. Philosophical concepts of welfare are discussed along with more practical areas of fish welfare encompassing al. |
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| Item Description: | "Fish Veterinary Society." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470697610 047069761X 9780470698044 0470698047 140514629X 9781405146296 1282342282 9781282342286 9786612342288 6612342285 |