There are scientists who believe that science is value-free and that social and ethical issues are not their concern. The birth of Dolly, the cloned lamb, greatly increased public and scientific awareness of ethical issues raised by molecular biology as they intersect with human experience. There are many other issues involving animal production systems, including animal welfare, rural communit...

Castration is deemed a necessary practice in U.S. cattle production systems. The procedure is primarily advocated to reduce damage to animals, humans, and facilities by decreasing aggressive male behavior. Castration is also advocated to improve carcass quality. Pointing to European practices, some have argued that castration is painful and would not be a necessary procedure in cattle productio...

Congenital reflex myoclonus in two Merino-cross lambs in South Africa D.J.C. Blignaut BVSc, D.E. Holm BVSc, MSc(Vet), MRCVS, R. Leask BSc(Agric), BVSc, MMedVet(CaprOv), N. Stander BVSc, MMedVet(DiagIm), J.C.A. Steyl BVSc Department of Production Animal Studies, , Section of Pathology, Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private...

Jin-Feng ZHONG, Xiao-Qing ZHANG, Wei-Gao WU, Wei TU, Zhen-Xiang LIU, Re-Jun FANG* College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, P.R. China Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, Changsha, P.R. China Hunan Polytechnic of Environment and Biology, Hengyang, P.R. China Grassland Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hohho...

People feel that they have obligations to the animals that they use and show some degree of care behavior toward them. In addition, animal welfare is an aspect of our decisions about whether animal-usage systems are sustainable. A system that results in poor welfare is unsustainable because it is unacceptable to many people. The quality of animal products is now judged in relation to the ethics...

Epizootics (nonhuman animal disease epidemics) can have detrimental impacts on livelihoods through a complex interaction of demographic trends, food production, and animal disease. Differences in the rate of demographic shifts, including rates of population growth, economic growth, urbanization, environmental sustainability, and role of women in society, are strong driving forces that will dete...

This article adopts a historical perspective to examine the development of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, an auxiliary field which formed to facilitate the work of the biomedical sciences by systematically improving laboratory animal production, provision, and maintenance in the post Second World War period. We investigate how Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine co-developed at the ...