The animal trade /

• Main Author: Phillips, Clive J. C., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
• Subjects: Animal industry.; Pet industry.; Wild animal collecting.; Biological Resources (Animal); Milk and Dairy Produce.; Meat Produce.; Non-food/Non-feed Animal Products.; Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Laws and Regulations.; Agricultural Economics.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Veterinary Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; International Trade.; Marketing and Distribution.; Pets and Companion Animals.; Sport Animals, (New March 2000); Zoo Animals.; Dairy Animals.; Meat Producing Animals.; Egg Producing Animals.; Wool Producing Animals, (New March 2000); Fur-bearing Animals, (New March 2000); Animal Welfare.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Aetiology.; Animal diseases.; Animal welfare.; Biodiversity.; Disease transmission.; Domestic animals.; Egg production.; Egg products.; Eggs.; Fur farming.; Furbearing animals.; Furs.; History.; Infectious diseases.; International trade.; Legislation.; Livestock.; Marketing.; Markets.; Meat.; Meat animals.; Meat production.; Meat products.; Milk.; Milk production.; Milk products.; Milk yielding animals.; Pets.; Policy.; Poultry.; Regulations.; Trade.; Trade in animals.; Wild animals.; Wildlife conservation.; Wildlife management.; Wool.; Wool producing animals.; Wool production.; World.
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This book discusses the different aspects involved in the trade in animals. Chapters include the history of animal trade; trade policies for animal products; trade wars, sanctions and discrimination; trade in meat; trade in dairy, wool and fur products; trade in live farm animals; disease transmissi...

Table of Contents:

• The history of animal trade
• Trade policies for animal products
• Trade wars, sanctions and discrimination
• Trade in meat
• Trade in some key animal products: dairy, wool and fur
• Trade in live farm animals
• Disease transmission and biodiversity loss through the trade in farm animals
• Trade in horses, cats and dogs
• Trade in wildlife and exotic species
• The future of animal trade.