Pets as Sentinels, Forecasters and Promoters of Human Health / edited by M. Ramiro Pastorinho, Ana Catarina A. Sousa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pastorinho, M. Ramiro, editor.

Sousa, Ana Catarina A., editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Earth and Environmental Science (Springer-11646)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental toxicology.

Environmental monitoring.

Environmental health.

Health promotion.

Air--Pollution.

Air.

Psychology, Experimental.

Ecotoxicology.

Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.

Environmental Health.

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.

Experimental Psychology.

Local Subjects:

Ecotoxicology.

Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.

Environmental Health.

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.

Experimental Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 375 pages) : 43 illustrations, 18 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2020.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the current knowledge and research concerning domestic pets as sentinels, forecasters and promoters of human health. Written by leading specialists in the fields of medicine, veterinary, environment, analytical chemistry, sociology and behavioral science, this volume provides a comprehensive understanding of the capabilities of pets in what regards to human health. The first seven chapters are devoted to the use of pets as sentinels for their human companions, in terms of exposure to different classes of environmental chemicals. The following five chapters address the use of pets as models for human diseases and promoters of human health. The final two chapters highlight the psycho-social and psychophysiological aspects of human-animal interactions. The book offers an integrated approach to the One Health concept, providing, in a truly holistic manner, tools to assess the equilibrium between the environment, men and animals. This exercise will highlight and reshape our position towards the planet that despite being "a microscopic dot on a microscopic dot lost in the unimaginable infinity of the Universe" is still our own. At the end of the day, pets will always be there to help us.

Contents:

Part I: Pets as sentinels of human exposure to environ-mental contaminants

Chapter1. Pets as sentinels of indoor contamination

Chapter2. Sled Dogs as Sentinel Species for Monitoring Arctic Ecosystem Health

Chapter3. Pets as Sentinels of human exposure to pesticides and co-exposure concerns with other contaminants/toxicants

Chapter4. Role of pet dogs and cats as sentinels of human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Chapter5. Pets as sentinels of human exposure to neurotoxic metals

Chapter6. Biotransformation of brominated compounds by pet dogs and cats

Chapter7. Using cats as sentinels for human indoor exposure to organic contaminants and potential effects on the thyroid hormone system

Part II: Pets as forecasters and promoters of human health Chapter8. Obesity in human and dogs similarities, links and differences

Chapter9. Canine and feline spontaneous mammary tumors as models of human breast cancer

Chapter10. Pets and immunomodulation

Chapter11. Pets as a Novel Microbiome-based Therapy

Chapter12. Neurological perspectives on pets and the elderly: the truth about cats, dogs and grandparents

Chapter13. Companion animals and human health: on the need for a comprehensive research agenda towards clinical implementation

Part III: Psychosocial and psychophysiological effects of human-animal interactions

Chapter14. Phonetic variation in cat-human communication

Chapter15. A dog's perspective on animal assisted interventions.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-30734-9

9783030307349

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