TY  - BOOK
AU  - GRANDIN,Temple
AU  - WHITING,Martin
TI  - Are we pushing animals to their biological limits?: Welfare and ethical implications 
SN  - 9781786390547 (print)
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Wallingford
PB  - CABI, 
KW  - UDJG
KW  - DE-Zootehnie
N1  - Index; Include referințe bibliografice; Introduction: use new genetic technologies and animal breeding methods carefully to avoid problems; Domestication to dolly and beyond: a brief history of animal modification; Good for whom? Differences between human and animal enhancement; Working equids: the welfare of those worked to their limit; Genetics and other technologies for increasing the productivity of cattle, sheep and pigs: welfare implications; Technologies for increasing the productivity of poultry: welfare implications; Selective breeding, cloning and gene editing of dogs and cats for appearance and performance traits; Methods to increase fish production: welfare and sustainability implications; Welfare concerns in genetically modified laboratory mice and rats; Cloning, editing and GMOs for animal enhancement; From bionic cat to superdog: ethical challenges of advanced prosthetic technology in veterinary medicine; Animal welfare and the brave new world of modifying animals
; A duty to the enhanced, not a duty to enhance: welfare responsibilities associated with domestication; Pressing animals beyond their biological limits; Concluding: pushing animals to their limits
UR  - https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/ebook/20183246198
ER  -