This benchmark publication assembles information on the current and
anticipated effects of climate change on animal health. It empowers
educators, managers, practitioners, and researchers by providing
evidence, experience, and opinions on what we need to do to prepare for,
and cope with, the largest threat ever to have faced animals on this
planet. With expert contributors from across the globe, the text equips
the reader with information and means to develop sustainable adaptation
or mitigation actions.
After introducing animal health in a climate change context, chapters
look at specific animal health impacts arising from climate change. The
book concludes with suggestions on teachable and actionable ideas that
could be used to mobilize concepts provided into education or advocacy.
This book was written amid the COVID-19 pandemic and in the face of
ever-increasing reports of on-the-ground, real-life climate impacts.
Large scale wildfire and ocean heat waves killed unprecedented numbers
of animals, while droughts in some areas and floods in others displaced
thousands of livestock and made food scarce for even more. Climate
change is real, and it is here. How we respond will have profound
implications for people, biodiversity, welfare, conservation, societies,
economies, and ecosystems.
Today's veterinary educators are awakening to the need to adapt and
train a new generation of animal health professionals who can understand
and plan for climate change, and this book is an essential resource.
