{"product_id":"9781041025795","title":"Insect Livestock Horizons of Animal Welfare","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInsect Livestock\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHorizons of Animal Welfare\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMeghan Barrett | Bob Fischer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Life Sciences \/ Zoology \/ Entomology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to explore farmed insect welfare; specifically, the welfare of the trillions of insects reared for food and feed. If there is a realistic possibility that they are sentient, then it is important to investigate their welfare. \u003ci\u003eInsect Livestock \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a survey of the science of insect sentience, exploring the surprisingly rich evidence for pain in these animals, and introduces readers to the task of assessing insect welfare. The authors then delve into the welfare of three prominent farmed species: crickets, mealworms and black soldier flies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book considers realistic reforms and concludes by identifying future directions for insect welfare science, the insect industry itself, and the relationship between them. Emphasizing throughout that farmed insects are farmed animals, the authors demonstrate that welfare science is already equipped for the challenges that insects pose. The welfare assessment frameworks that we use to understand chickens and pigs can and should be extended to yellow mealworms and crickets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten for the community of academics and practitioners who want to understand how best to improve the welfare of the insects we rear, \u003ci\u003eInsect Livestock\u003c\/i\u003e is accessible for everybody from the student of animal welfare science to the professional in the food and feed industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeghan Barrett \u003c\/b\u003eis an Assistant Professor of Biology at Indiana University Indianapolis. Her interdisciplinary research program tackles emerging questions in farmed insect welfare through collaborations with philosophers, welfare scientists, industry professionals, social scientists, and engineers. She has authored over 50 scientific publications on insect physiology, behaviour, and neurobiology. She is also the Founding Director of the Insect Welfare Research Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Fischer\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Philosophy at Texas State University and a member of the Board of the Insect Welfare Research Society. He's also the author of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2021) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eWeighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-being Across Species\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCRC Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCRC Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041025795\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e184\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"CRC Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63761402495116,"sku":"9781041025795","price":169.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041025795","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}