This most important book fully examines the welfare of captive reptiles and discusses the positive and negative implications of general husbandry and research programmes. The editors, acknowledged experts in their own right, have drawn together an extremely impressive international group of contributors providing clearly written and comprehensive accounts of aspects such as physiology, physical stress, diet, veterinary and environmental issues, normal behaviour, psychological stress and informed design in research.
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`The narratives are well written and sufficiently user-friendly to be read by almost anyone who raises reptiles. The book will be particularly useful for vertebrate zoologists, veterinarians, reptile breeders, and zoo keepers.' Choice `This book is a welcome addition to the steadily increasing library of herpetological literature ... an impressive international group of contributors are to be found within.' The Veterinary Record `The editors are acknowledged experts in this field, and a great deal of care has gone into the production of this book, involving 17 contributors in addition to the editors.' CAB International, Veterinary Bulletin `This book is an interesting early examination of the animal welfare aspects of working with reptiles in captivity and also in nature.' The Herpetological Journal `To review such a packed volume is difficult indeed, in order to give the correct credence to its excellence ... a most important step forward in the cataloguing of existing knowledge on the subject ... essential reading for all workers in the field ...' UWAF
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Considerations of morphology and physiology are important to the health and welfare of captive reptiles, particularly in light of their diversity and possession of characteristics that are fundamentally very different from those of domesticated or laboratory mammals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reptilian ethology, reptilian immune system, naturalistic versus clinical environments, male tuatara, neonate reptiles, captive reptiles, conspecific chemical cues, investigatory behaviour, friction lesions, intermediary metabolism and growth, combat behaviour, reptile husbandry, interrenal cells, stressor analysis, plasma corticosterone concentration, thermoregulatory behaviour, emotional fever, husbandry regimes, antipredator responses, eastern garter snakes, transparent boundaries, captive maintenance, sirtalis parietalis, escape activities, liver glycogen content Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Academic Press, Biology of the Reptilia, Comparative Endocrinology, Journal of Herpetology, American Zoologist, Journal of Experimental Zoology, Comparative Immunology, Clifford Warwick, Physiological Zoology, Plenum Press, American Journal of Physiology, Journal of Comparative Psychology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Comparative Physiology, New Zealand, University of Chicago Press, Zoo Biology, Canadian Journal of Zoology, American Naturalist, International Zoo Yearbook, Journal of Chemical Ecology, North American, Philadelphia Zoo New!
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Considerations of morphology and physiology are important to the health and welfare of captive reptiles, particularly in light of their diversity and possession of characteristics that are fundamentally very different from those of domesticated or laboratory mammals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reptilian ethology, reptilian immune system, naturalistic versus clinical environments, male tuatara, neonate reptiles, captive reptiles, conspecific chemical cues, investigatory behaviour, friction lesions, intermediary metabolism and growth, combat behaviour, reptile husbandry, interrenal cells, stressor analysis, plasma corticosterone concentration, thermoregulatory behaviour, emotional fever, husbandry regimes, antipredator responses, eastern garter snakes, transparent boundaries, captive maintenance, sirtalis parietalis, escape activities, liver glycogen content Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Academic Press, Biology of the Reptilia, Comparative Endocrinology, Journal of Herpetology, American Zoologist, Journal of Experimental Zoology, Comparative Immunology, Clifford Warwick, Physiological Zoology, Plenum Press, American Journal of Physiology, Journal of Comparative Psychology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Comparative Physiology, New Zealand, University of Chicago Press, Zoo Biology, Canadian Journal of Zoology, American Naturalist, International Zoo Yearbook, Journal of Chemical Ecology, North American, Philadelphia Zoo New!
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- Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 15: Development B by Carl Gans on 25 pages
- Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles by Clifford Warwick on 11 pages
- Reproductive Biology and Diseases of Captive Reptiles (Contributions to herpetology) by James B. Murphy on 7 pages
- Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 1 by Dietland Muller-Schwarze on 5 pages
- Snakes: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology by Richard A. Seigel on 5 pages
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- General Care and Maintenance of Popular Monitors & Tegus (Herpetocultural Library, The) by Michael Balsai on 7 pages
- Responsible Conduct with Animals in Research by Lynette A. Hart on page 92, page 93, and page 95
- Health Care of Reptiles Vol. 3 (Biology, Husbandry and Health Care of Reptiles) by Lowell Ackerman on page 122, and page 123
- Toxicology of Reptiles (New Perspectives: Toxicology and the Environment) by Susan C. M. Gardner on page 146
- Investigative Immunotoxicology by Helen Tryphonas on page 124
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