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Companion animal care and welfare : the UFAW companion animal handbook / edited by James Yeates.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pets.
- Animal welfare.
- Animals--Diseases.
- Animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (485 pages) : colour illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2019.
- Summary:
- Companion Animal Care and Welfare: The UFAW Companion Animal Handbook presents a comprehensive, accessible and practical reference for all parties seeking information about the proper care of companion animals. * Identifies the needs of companion animals, explains how we know these needs, and gives scientifically-backed advice on how to meet these needs * Promotes the most humane treatment and best possible care of our companion animals * Addresses controversial issues such as selective breeding, companion animal showing, the keeping of exotic species, and the international pet trade * Covers the husbandry and care of all major companion animal species, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians
- Contents:
- Introduction : the care and animal welfare of all species
- Carnivorans (Carnivora)
- Cats (Felis silvestris catus)
- Dogs (Canis familiaris)
- Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo)
- Rabbits and rodents (Glires)
- European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
- Guinea pigs, chinchillas and degus (Caviomorphs)
- Golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
- Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)
- Domestic rats (Rattus norvegicus)
- Ungulates (Ungulata)
- Horses (Equus caballus)
- Birds (Avia)
- Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
- True parrots (Psittacoidea)
- Pigeons (Columba livia)
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps)
- Non-venomous colubrid snakes (Colubridae)
- Mediterranean tortoises (Testudo spp.)
- Ornamental fish (Actinopterygii)
- Goldfish (Carassius auratus).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781118688786
- 1118688783
- 9781119333708
- 1119333709
- 9781118688762
- 1118688767
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