Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780470671474
Year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 336


Description:


This dictionary is intended as a guide to the terminology used
in a wide range of animal-related programmes of study including
agriculture, animal care, animal management, animal production,
animal welfare, veterinary nursing, wildlife conservation and zoo
biology. In total it contains over 5,300 entries. It contains
a wide range of terms used in the fields of veterinary science,
physiology and zoology, as students whose primary
interests are animal welfare or zoo biology also need to have some
understanding of disease, how animal bodies function and how
animals are classified. It also contains some legal terms, and
reference to some legal cases, to help students understand how the
protection, use and conservation of animals is regulated by the
law. Some people, famous animals, literature and films have
influenced the way we think about, and behave towards, animals. For
this reason, the book includes references to important books about
animals, famous animals who have starred in films or been the
subject of scientific studies, along with short biographies of
famous scientists and others who have studied animals or
established conservation or animal welfare organisations.