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Dr. Colin G. Scanes is Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He obtained his PhD from the University of Wales and his DSc from Hull University. His research interests include anthrozoology; animal physiology, nutrition, and production; and veterinary medicine. He has received numerous awards for his research in animal and agricultural sciences, most recently from the American Society of Animal Science. In addition to faculty positions with the University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, and Mississippi State University, Dr. Scanes has worked various federal positions with the USDA, SANREM CRSP, DOE, and EPA FQPA. He has led the development of more than a dozen books, including the first edition of Animals and Human Society and seven editions of Sturkie's Avian Physiology.

Dr. Clive Phillips, now retired, was Australia's first Professor of Animal Welfare at the University of Queensland. He obtained his BSc in Agriculture from the University of Reading and his PhD in Livestock Nutrition and Behavior at the University of Glasgow. He served as the foundation director of the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics and has researched the welfare of farm, zoo and companion animals, animal nutrition, and animal transport and production. Dr. Phillips currently chairs the Queensland and Western Australian Governments' Animal Welfare Boards.

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Animals and Human Society: Impacts of Animals on People and People on Animals, Second editon provides a solid, scientific, research-based background to advance our understanding of how animals and humans interact and impact each other. Animals and humans have had profound effects on each other throughout human history, spanning all aspects of human society from agriculture, disease, culture, religion, companionship, entertainment, environment, and more. Developed by renowned experts Colin Scanes and Samia Toukhsati, this second edition features a new introductory chapter covering the biological concepts necessary for technical and non-technical audiences of this book. All first edition chapters have been revised to bring readers up to date on research advancements from the last decade, and novel chapters cover animal ethics, welfare, the basis of anthrozoology, zooarchaeology, and more. Guest essays further supplement updated chapter content by providing broad interdisciplinary and geographically diverse perspectives in the field. Animals and Human Society, Second Edition is an excellent resource for academics and industry professionals requiring fundamental information on the history and biology behind human-animal interactions, as well as interested laypersons looking to augment their knowledge on the many impacts of animals in human society.

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1. Introduction
   
   2. Ethics, welfare and animals
   3. Animal perception including differences with humans
   4. Animal attributes exploited by humans (nonfood uses of animals)
   5. Animal products and human nutrition
   6. Zooarchaeology
   7. Hunter gatherers
   8. Animal and hominin development
   9. The neolithic revolution, animal domestication and early forms of animal agriculture
   10. Animal agriculture: Livestock, poultry and fish aquaculture
   11. Invertebrates and their use by humans
   12. Animals in the military
   13. Animals in entertainment
   14. Zoos
   15. Animals and religion, belief systems
   16. Animals as companions
   17. Companion animal behavior
   18. Anthrozoology
   19. Animals in medicine and research
   20. Animals and human disease: Zoonosis, vectors, food-borne diseases and allergies Chapter 21: Pest animals
   21. Parasites
   22. Invasive species
   23. Impact of agricultural animals on the environment
   24. Human activity and habitat loss: Destruction, fragmentation and degradation
   25. Animal extinctions