The biology of animal stress : basic principles and implications for animal welfare / edited by G.P. Moberg and J.A. Mench.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moberg, Gary P.

Mench, Joy A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stress (Physiology).

Animal welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon, UK ; New York : CABI Pub., 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of this book is to collect a range of perspectives from biomedical research on animal stress and welfare (including human health and human stress), and to assess new approaches to conceptualizing and alleviating stress. Authorities from North America, Europe and Australia are represented.

Contents:

Contributors; Preface; 1 Biological Response to Stress: Implications for Animal Welfare; 2 Some Issues in the Interpretation of Behavioural Responses to Stress; 3 Neuroendocrine Responses to Stress; 4 The Metabolic Consequences of Stress: Targets for Stress and Priorities of Nutrient Use; 5 Immune System Response to Stress; 6 Hands-on and Hands-off Measurement of Stress; 7 Accumulation and Long-term Effects of Stress in Fish; 8 Chronic Intermittent Stress: A Model for the Study of Long-term Stressors; 9 Quantifying Some Responses to Pain as a Stressor

10 Multiple Factors Controlling Behaviour: Implications for Stress and Welfare11 Chronic Social Stress: Studies in Non-human Primates; 12 Consequences of Stress During Development; 13 Early Developmental Influences of Experience on Behaviour, Temperament and Stress; 14 Genetic Selection to Reduce Stress in Animals; 15 Human-Animal Interactions and Animal Stress; 16 Alleviating Stress in Zoo Animals with Environmental Enrichment; 17 Understanding the Role of Stress in Animal Welfare: Practical Considerations; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-81161-7

9786610811618

0-85199-930-1

OCLC:

476051751