By Clifford Warwick, Phillip C. Arena and Gordon M. Burghardt
Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles 2nd Editionย offers concepts, principles and applied information that relates to the wellbeing of reptiles. As a manual on health and welfare in a similar vein to volumes addressing the sciences of anatomy, behaviour or psychology, this book thoroughly examines the biology of reptile welfare and is about meeting biological needs.
The editors, acknowledged experts in their own right, have once again drawn together an extremely impressive international group of contributors. Positive and negative implications of general husbandry and research programs are discussed.ย In addition to greatly revised originalย contentย areย nine newย chaptersย offeringย readersย novel insight into:
sensory systems
social behaviour
brain and cognition
controlled deprivation and enrichment
effects of captivity-imposed noise and light disturbance on welfare
spatial and thermal factorsโขevidential thresholds for species suitability in captivity
record keeping as an aid to captive care
arbitrary husbandry practices and misconceptions
The authors have adopted a user-friendly writing style to accommodate a broad readership. Although primarily aimed at academic professionals, this comprehensive volume is fundamentally a biology book that will also inform all involved in captive reptile husbandry. Among others, zoo personnel, herpetologists, veterinarians, lab animal scientists, and expert readers in animal welfare andย behaviouralย studies will benefit from this updated work.
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