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Animal law: challenges and themes
Brooman, Simon; Legge, Debbie; Dunn, Rachel; Rook, Debbie
5m Books
, 2025
; English
; 424 Pages
An examination of the law relating to animals, in the UK and with consideration to European and international law, from the perspective of policy, society, philosophy, history and economics. Animal Law leads us through the development of animals in society and how they have featured in the law from a historical perspective to illustrate the passage of animal’s status up to the present. As well as setting animal law in context, the book looks at specific practical instances of animals in law – animals in rented property, dangerous dogs, puppy farming, animal testing, and animals in zoo. A global picture is examined by looking at the law relating to international trade, illegal animal trading, environmental protections and habitat loss. Animal law students and practitioners, as well as animal welfarists and ethicists will find this book a valuable resource.
Brooman, Simon; Legge, Debbie; Dunn, Rachel; Rook, Debbie
5m Books
, 2025
; English
; 424 Pages
An examination of the law relating to animals, in the UK and with consideration to European and international law, from the perspective of policy, society, philosophy, history and economics. Animal Law leads us through the development of animals in society and how they have featured in the law from a historical perspective to illustrate the passage of animal’s status up to the present. As well as setting animal law in context, the book looks at specific practical instances of animals in law – animals in rented property, dangerous dogs, puppy farming, animal testing, and animals in zoo. A global picture is examined by looking at the law relating to international trade, illegal animal trading, environmental protections and habitat loss. Animal law students and practitioners, as well as animal welfarists and ethicists will find this book a valuable resource.
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A land before humans, a land after humans
Fisher, Mark
Unbreaking
, 2025
; English
; 273 Pages
An invaluable resource for environment, ecology, animal welfare and ethics students, researchers and policy makers, A Land Before Humans, a Land After Humans takes New Zealand as a case study and looks at the practical and ethical considerations of dealing with invasive species.
Fisher, Mark
Unbreaking
, 2025
; English
; 273 Pages
An invaluable resource for environment, ecology, animal welfare and ethics students, researchers and policy makers, A Land Before Humans, a Land After Humans takes New Zealand as a case study and looks at the practical and ethical considerations of dealing with invasive species.
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The profitable farm: balancing business, nature and energy through MSO
Clark, Chris; Scanlon, Brian
Unbreaking
, 2025
; English
; 224 Pages
Maximum sustainable output offers increased economic and environmental resilience at both the individual farm and wider industry levels. The Profitable Farm is a pragmatic guide for farmers and other interested parties to maximum sustainable output (MSO) concepts, practices and applications.
The Profitable Farm is suitable for farmers seeking greater resilience and increased profitability, academics who need to re-visit the ‘Standard Theory of The Firm’ as it applies to farming, and policy-makers charged with responsibility to secure food-supplies and provide support programmes for the sector. The Profitable Farm provides both the technical background and the practical implications of MSO practices.
In particular, it addresses the inescapable realities of energy issues on profitability and environmental damage.
Case studies are used throughout to emphasise key points and the appendices will satisfy those wishing to delve further into the technical concepts behind MSO.
Unlike most publications on farming, which tend to focus on farming practices, sectoral economics (at a national planning level) or environmental impact issues, The Profitable Farm is essentially about farming as businesses with significant responsibilities to the natural environment and uncompromised animal welfare.
Clark, Chris; Scanlon, Brian
Unbreaking
, 2025
; English
; 224 Pages
Maximum sustainable output offers increased economic and environmental resilience at both the individual farm and wider industry levels. The Profitable Farm is a pragmatic guide for farmers and other interested parties to maximum sustainable output (MSO) concepts, practices and applications.
The Profitable Farm is suitable for farmers seeking greater resilience and increased profitability, academics who need to re-visit the ‘Standard Theory of The Firm’ as it applies to farming, and policy-makers charged with responsibility to secure food-supplies and provide support programmes for the sector. The Profitable Farm provides both the technical background and the practical implications of MSO practices.
In particular, it addresses the inescapable realities of energy issues on profitability and environmental damage.
Case studies are used throughout to emphasise key points and the appendices will satisfy those wishing to delve further into the technical concepts behind MSO.
Unlike most publications on farming, which tend to focus on farming practices, sectoral economics (at a national planning level) or environmental impact issues, The Profitable Farm is essentially about farming as businesses with significant responsibilities to the natural environment and uncompromised animal welfare.
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Exotics made easy: demystifying rabbits and small mammals
Livingstone, Madonna
5m Books
, 2025
; English
; 401 Pages
A textbook for vets, demystifying the body systems and requirements of exotic pets. Exotics Made Easy guides practitioners through history taking, the clinical exam and identifying common conditions, and discusses the human–animal bond, the cascade system and informed consent.
Rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters, Mongolian gerbils, chinchilla, degu, African pygmy hedgehogs and ferrets are each covered in a dedicated chapter providing species-specific anatomy, current husbandry advice, transport advice, sexing, diagnosis and treatment of common conditions, blood sampling (where, how much and results), hospitalisation requirements, intubation and common surgeries.
Here you may listen the author’s interview on AVMA’s podcast My Vet Life.
Livingstone, Madonna
5m Books
, 2025
; English
; 401 Pages
A textbook for vets, demystifying the body systems and requirements of exotic pets. Exotics Made Easy guides practitioners through history taking, the clinical exam and identifying common conditions, and discusses the human–animal bond, the cascade system and informed consent.
Rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters, Mongolian gerbils, chinchilla, degu, African pygmy hedgehogs and ferrets are each covered in a dedicated chapter providing species-specific anatomy, current husbandry advice, transport advice, sexing, diagnosis and treatment of common conditions, blood sampling (where, how much and results), hospitalisation requirements, intubation and common surgeries.
Here you may listen the author’s interview on AVMA’s podcast My Vet Life.
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Foster, Molly; Kalia, Priya; Toynbee, Jeremy
Unbreaking
, 2024
; English
; 361 Pages
How has it come to this point in our history that we hardly value the food we eat and the soil that it's grown in?
How is it that we care so little how food production impacts animals and the environment?Industrial farming has transformed Britain's rural landscapes, increasing crop yields and reducing hunger.
Yet this has all come at a terrible ecological cost.
It is 'both a miracle and a disaster'.Six Inches of Soil, the film and this companion book, is the inspiring story of three British farmers standing up to the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.
Six Inches of Soil is a story of courage, vision and hope.
This book is not just for farmers. Reconnecting with our food, and regenerating our soils, ourselves and our communities benefits everyone and needs everyone to be involved.
We want to inspire farmers with the confidence and practical know-how to adopt regenerative farming approaches.
We want to give consumers the impetus and information to rethink their food choices.This book and the film are closely related but stand on their own.
In these pages you will find detailed chapters on each of the three farmers that provide replicable case studies and inspiration.
Additionally, there are chapters examining the problems with the current agri-food system and proposing solutions and a vision for the future.
Recognised experts: explain agroecological farming systems and soil science; consider the issues of land use, greenwashing, subsidies, food security; and provide examples of agroforestry applications, and farm enterprise stacking and diversification.Their three stories are inspiring, guiding and frustrating.
Allow yourself to be inspired, to be guided and to turn your frustration in to action.
Foster, Molly; Kalia, Priya; Toynbee, Jeremy
Unbreaking
, 2024
; English
; 361 Pages
How has it come to this point in our history that we hardly value the food we eat and the soil that it's grown in?
How is it that we care so little how food production impacts animals and the environment?Industrial farming has transformed Britain's rural landscapes, increasing crop yields and reducing hunger.
Yet this has all come at a terrible ecological cost.
It is 'both a miracle and a disaster'.Six Inches of Soil, the film and this companion book, is the inspiring story of three British farmers standing up to the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.
Six Inches of Soil is a story of courage, vision and hope.
This book is not just for farmers. Reconnecting with our food, and regenerating our soils, ourselves and our communities benefits everyone and needs everyone to be involved.
We want to inspire farmers with the confidence and practical know-how to adopt regenerative farming approaches.
We want to give consumers the impetus and information to rethink their food choices.This book and the film are closely related but stand on their own.
In these pages you will find detailed chapters on each of the three farmers that provide replicable case studies and inspiration.
Additionally, there are chapters examining the problems with the current agri-food system and proposing solutions and a vision for the future.
Recognised experts: explain agroecological farming systems and soil science; consider the issues of land use, greenwashing, subsidies, food security; and provide examples of agroforestry applications, and farm enterprise stacking and diversification.Their three stories are inspiring, guiding and frustrating.
Allow yourself to be inspired, to be guided and to turn your frustration in to action.
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Case studies in ecohealth: examining the interaction between animals and their environment
Cork, Susan C.; Whiteside, Douglas P.
5m Books
, 2024
; English
; 414 Pages
Case Studies in Ecohealth: Examining the Interaction between Animals and their Environment is primarily intended to be a student textbook, using a series of case studies to illustrate key concepts applicable to Eco Health, with a focus on taking an interdisciplinary approach to solving complex problems at the interface between animals and their environment.
-Using case studies, the book will illustrate key concepts in ‘Eco Health’ allowing readers to better understand the strengths and challenges of taking an ‘Eco Health’ approach
-Within the key themes addressed in the book, the reader will gain insight into how to approach complex problems at the animal-environment interface using a transdisciplinary approach
-Access to the case studies presented in the book, along with supplementary material on line, will provide the reader with good examples of current and emerging issues for discussion in the class room or for field experience programs
Cork, Susan C.; Whiteside, Douglas P.
5m Books
, 2024
; English
; 414 Pages
Case Studies in Ecohealth: Examining the Interaction between Animals and their Environment is primarily intended to be a student textbook, using a series of case studies to illustrate key concepts applicable to Eco Health, with a focus on taking an interdisciplinary approach to solving complex problems at the interface between animals and their environment.
-Using case studies, the book will illustrate key concepts in ‘Eco Health’ allowing readers to better understand the strengths and challenges of taking an ‘Eco Health’ approach
-Within the key themes addressed in the book, the reader will gain insight into how to approach complex problems at the animal-environment interface using a transdisciplinary approach
-Access to the case studies presented in the book, along with supplementary material on line, will provide the reader with good examples of current and emerging issues for discussion in the class room or for field experience programs
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Optimum vitamin nutrition for more sustainable ruminant farming
Calsamiglia, Sergio; Oviedo-Rondon, Edgar; Tamassia, Luis; Litta, Gilberto; Hernandez, José-María
5m Books
, 2024
; English
; 401 Pages
Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Ruminant Farming contains concise, up-to-date information on vitamin nutrition for ruminants.
Food production, particularly animal protein production, is changing. While productivity, efficiency and food quality continue to be of vital importance, there is increasing pressure on producers to prioritize sustainability and animal health and welfare as well minimize food waste.
Optimizing vitamin nutrition can help make animal production more sustainable by optimizing animal health and welfare and animal performance and food quality, while reducing food waste.
Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Ruminant Farming, which follows the authoritative Optimum Vitamin Nutrition in the Production of Quality Animal Foods (5m Books, 2013), is a reference for research and extension specialists who need the most current, research-based information on vitamins in swine. This book is the second in a series of books covering Optimum Vitamin Nutrition in poultry, swine, ruminants and aquaculture.
Calsamiglia, Sergio; Oviedo-Rondon, Edgar; Tamassia, Luis; Litta, Gilberto; Hernandez, José-María
5m Books
, 2024
; English
; 401 Pages
Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Ruminant Farming contains concise, up-to-date information on vitamin nutrition for ruminants.
Food production, particularly animal protein production, is changing. While productivity, efficiency and food quality continue to be of vital importance, there is increasing pressure on producers to prioritize sustainability and animal health and welfare as well minimize food waste.
Optimizing vitamin nutrition can help make animal production more sustainable by optimizing animal health and welfare and animal performance and food quality, while reducing food waste.
Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Ruminant Farming, which follows the authoritative Optimum Vitamin Nutrition in the Production of Quality Animal Foods (5m Books, 2013), is a reference for research and extension specialists who need the most current, research-based information on vitamins in swine. This book is the second in a series of books covering Optimum Vitamin Nutrition in poultry, swine, ruminants and aquaculture.
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Optimum vitamin nutrition for more sustainable aquaculture
Liu, Angela; Dumas, André; Santigosa, Ester; Litta, Gilberto; Hernandez, José-María
5m Books
, 2024
; English
; 284 Pages
Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Aquaculture contains concise, up-to-date information on vitamin nutrition for fish.
Food production, particularly animal protein production, is changing. While productivity, efficiency and food quality continue to be of vital importance, there is increasing pressure on producers to prioritize sustainability and animal health and welfare as well minimize food waste.
Optimizing vitamin nutrition can help make animal production more sustainable by optimizing animal health and welfare and animal performance and food quality, while reducing food waste.
Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Aquaculture, which follows the authoritative Optimum Vitamin Nutrition in the Production of Quality Animal Foods (5m Books, 2013), is a reference for research and extension specialists who need the most current, research-based information on vitamins in swine. This book is the second in a series of books covering Optimum Vitamin Nutrition in poultry, swine, ruminants and aquaculture.
-Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Poultry Farming
-Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Ruminant Farming
Liu, Angela; Dumas, André; Santigosa, Ester; Litta, Gilberto; Hernandez, José-María
5m Books
, 2024
; English
; 284 Pages
Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Aquaculture contains concise, up-to-date information on vitamin nutrition for fish.
Food production, particularly animal protein production, is changing. While productivity, efficiency and food quality continue to be of vital importance, there is increasing pressure on producers to prioritize sustainability and animal health and welfare as well minimize food waste.
Optimizing vitamin nutrition can help make animal production more sustainable by optimizing animal health and welfare and animal performance and food quality, while reducing food waste.
Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Aquaculture, which follows the authoritative Optimum Vitamin Nutrition in the Production of Quality Animal Foods (5m Books, 2013), is a reference for research and extension specialists who need the most current, research-based information on vitamins in swine. This book is the second in a series of books covering Optimum Vitamin Nutrition in poultry, swine, ruminants and aquaculture.
-Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Poultry Farming
-Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Ruminant Farming
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The dog care handbook: things I wish my vet had told me
Little, Christopher
5m Books
, 2024
; English
; 348 Pages
The Dog Care Handbook is a self-help book written for thoughtful dog owners. It will improve your knowledge of dogs, your relationship with your vet and your understanding of important and common diseases that our dogs might develop. Many dog owners find that visiting the vet is stressful and costly. The outcomes can sometimes be unsatisfactory. Every dog owner should be able to find a vet they can trust who will respect your perspective and work within your budget. This book will help.
The text covers the entire lifespan of pet dogs from puppyhood to old age, in chronological order. Preventative health is covered in detail. Major conditions of the skin, the heart, the joints, the kidneys and other organs are explained fully in lay language. One chapter deals specifically with emergencies, another with home nursing, a third covers old age. Colourful anecdotes and case examples are sprinkled throughout. Numerous illustrations are provided which make it easy to medicate your dog or provide first-aid. The information and advice in this book are based on up-to-date scientific evidence where-ever possible. When there is a paucity of knowledge the author gives his own perspective based on years of clinical practice in the UK.
No other book for the public provides such a wide-ranging remit covering the health and well-being of pet dogs.
Little, Christopher
5m Books
, 2024
; English
; 348 Pages
The Dog Care Handbook is a self-help book written for thoughtful dog owners. It will improve your knowledge of dogs, your relationship with your vet and your understanding of important and common diseases that our dogs might develop. Many dog owners find that visiting the vet is stressful and costly. The outcomes can sometimes be unsatisfactory. Every dog owner should be able to find a vet they can trust who will respect your perspective and work within your budget. This book will help.
The text covers the entire lifespan of pet dogs from puppyhood to old age, in chronological order. Preventative health is covered in detail. Major conditions of the skin, the heart, the joints, the kidneys and other organs are explained fully in lay language. One chapter deals specifically with emergencies, another with home nursing, a third covers old age. Colourful anecdotes and case examples are sprinkled throughout. Numerous illustrations are provided which make it easy to medicate your dog or provide first-aid. The information and advice in this book are based on up-to-date scientific evidence where-ever possible. When there is a paucity of knowledge the author gives his own perspective based on years of clinical practice in the UK.
No other book for the public provides such a wide-ranging remit covering the health and well-being of pet dogs.
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Applied equine psychology: the art and science of helping horses
George, Felicity; Holmes, Marie-Louise; Smith, Sharon; Hand, Diana
5m Books
, 2024
; English
; 232 Pages
Applied Equine Psychology explores the inner workings of the horse, drawing parallels from human psychology and looking at what is going on in the horse’s brain leading to that behaviour.
This understanding is then applied to addressing outward behaviour issues, so that horse and owner can work together in a more horse-centric way to resolve issues. The book’s approach is innovative and challenges traditional thinking. It presents well-established ways of analysing the complex systems that create and maintain behaviours and ways of evaluating and implementing interventions, drawing from the field of clinical psychology. With a vast field of psychological models to choose from, the book explores why the equine industry views the emotional and behavioural functioning of equines almost exclusively through the behavioural lens. An alternative perspective, based on all the major school of psychological thought is suggested. An integrated, methodical, validated, and ethical approach to thinking about equine behaviour is addressed and invaluable clinical intervention models are explained.
George, Felicity; Holmes, Marie-Louise; Smith, Sharon; Hand, Diana
5m Books
, 2024
; English
; 232 Pages
Applied Equine Psychology explores the inner workings of the horse, drawing parallels from human psychology and looking at what is going on in the horse’s brain leading to that behaviour.
This understanding is then applied to addressing outward behaviour issues, so that horse and owner can work together in a more horse-centric way to resolve issues. The book’s approach is innovative and challenges traditional thinking. It presents well-established ways of analysing the complex systems that create and maintain behaviours and ways of evaluating and implementing interventions, drawing from the field of clinical psychology. With a vast field of psychological models to choose from, the book explores why the equine industry views the emotional and behavioural functioning of equines almost exclusively through the behavioural lens. An alternative perspective, based on all the major school of psychological thought is suggested. An integrated, methodical, validated, and ethical approach to thinking about equine behaviour is addressed and invaluable clinical intervention models are explained.
