Sarah Wolfensohn, Paul Honess

eBook, PDF

Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare covers all aspects of primate care and management both in the laboratory environment and in zoos. From the welfare and ethics of primate captivity through to housing and husbandry systems, environmental enrichment, nutritional requirements, breeding issues, primate diseases, and additional information on transportation and quarantine proceedings, this book provides a completely comprehensive guide to good husbandry and management of primates. Designed to be a practical field manual, the authors present the material using lists, tables and illustrations to clarify best practice.

• Representative species are covered - from marmosets through to macaques
• One of the first books dedicated to the care of primates in captivity
• Written by authors with many years of experience working with primates
• Suitable for those working with primates in either laboratories or zoos

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 1.74MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Sarah Wolfensohn and Paul Honess

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405156158
• Artikelnr.: 38405696

Rezensionen

"This book covers all aspects of primate care and management, inthe laboratory and environment and zoos. It covers the welfare andethics of primate captivitiy, housing, husbandry, environmentalenrichment, nutritional requirements, breeding issues, primatediseases, transportation and quarantine procedures. This book wouldbe of use to veterinarians and those who work with or who areinvolved in the care of captive primates." (CAB Abstracts,2005)

"This book is a good source of reference for people working withprimates or starting off a collection. There has been a lack ofup-to-date concise books on this topic and the Handbook ofPrimate Husbandry and Welfare fills this niche." (PrimateEye, Official Journal of Primate Society of Great Britain,2005)

"The book is a useful compendium of information on health,nutrition, housing, and management of the most commonly usedprimates in biomedical and behavioural research... it should be onthe shelf of every animal facility that houses nonhuman primates"(International Journal of Primatology, April 2006)

"Thorough guide to the...care of laboratory and zoo-heldmonkeys...useful introduction into the mainly diverse andinterconnected issues surrounding care and management of primatesin captivity." (Journal of Wildlife Diseases)