(Guest editors: Professor L.F.M. van Zutphen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; and Professor P. G.C. Bedford, The Royal Veterinary College, UK)
The November 1999 issue of Animal Welfare will be published as a Special Issue, devoted to the topical subject of Genetics and Animal Welfare. It promises to be a memorable and stimulating publication, with submissions covering issues ranging from the welfare implications of extreme breed types in farm and companion animals, to the effects of strain on the behavior of poultry and laboratory animals; the practical and ethical implications of advances in genetic technologies are also well discu ssed in a range of authoritative and thought-provoking papers. The worldwide list of contributors includes M. Appleby, R.B. Jones, P.D. McGreevy, C.M. Nevison and G. Varner.
Animal Welfare (ISSN 0962-7288) has established itself as the objective, international forum for quarterly publication of peer-reviewed papers on all aspects of farm, laboratory, zoo, wild and companion animal welfare science. It ranks among the top 25 per cent of all veterinary/ zoological journals covered by the Science Citation Index- attesting to the quality and impact of its contents.
Individual copies of the Special Issue from Universities Federation for Animal Welfare are priced at £I5.00/US$30.00.
To order the Special Issue, please contact: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts AL4 8AN, UK, phone: +(0)1582 831818, fax: +(0)1582 831414, e-mail: ufaw@uf aw.org.uk for further details.
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