Management and Welfare of Farm Animals (eBook)

The UFAW Farm Handbook

John Webster (Herausgeber)

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2011 | 5. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-27941-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Through successive editions, Management and Welfare of Farm Animals has gained international recognition as a classic introductory textbook for students of agriculture and veterinary science. Conceived by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), the book has always sought to promote the humane treatment of livestock within the practical business context of modern farming. Now fully revised and updated, this fifth edition remains the most comprehensive and accessible guide available. Three animal groups appear here for the first time (game birds, South American camelids, and ostriches), and a chapter on horses has also been restored. Throughout, the book offers clear advice for the humane management of all major farmed species in the primary context of large-scale food production. However, this edition also takes full account of consumer demand (and legal requirements) for alternative farming methods and enhanced welfare standards, whether in conventional agriculture or the smallest of hobby' farms. Brand new chapters reflect fresh understanding of welfare science, ethics, and the role of society in ensuring the best possible farm conditions. It remains an indispensable resource for students, and for all those seeking to promote animal welfare. Published as a part of the prestigious Wiley-Blackwell UFAW Animal Welfare series. UFAW, founded 1926, is an internationally recognised, independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity. For full details of all titles available in the UFAW series, please visit www.wiley.com/go/ufaw.

Autor

John Webster is Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Bristol. Author of the widely acclaimed Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye Towards Eden and Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden, he is the founding father of the Bristol Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science group that has gathered evidence and pioneered the arguments necessary to achieve improved welfare standards for veal calves, broiler chickens, laying hens and dairy cows. UFAW is an internationally recognised, independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity concerned with improving knowledge and understanding of animals' needs in order to promote high standards of welfare for farm, companion, laboratory, captive wild animals and those with which we interact in the wild.

Inhalt

Title 3
Table of Contents 7
Chapter 1: Husbandry andAnimal Welfare 23
Chapter 2: Behaviour as anIndicator of AnimalWelfare 53
Chapter 3: Dairy Cattle 90
Chapter 4: Beef Cattle and VealCalves 142
Chapter 5: Sheep 200
Chapter 6: Pigs 274
Chapter 7: Laying Hens 317
Chapter 8: Broiler Chickens 360
Chapter 9: Goats 387
Chapter 10: Red Deer 412
Chapter 11: Horses andDonkeys 436
Chapter 12: Farmed Fish 474
Chapter 13: SouthAmericanCamelids 499
Chapter 14: Turkeys 522
Chapter 15: Ducks 535
Chapter 16: Game Birds 551
Chapter 17: Ostrich 568
Chapter 18: Assessment,Implementationand Promotionof Farm AnimalWelfare 586
Index 607

Rezensionen

"This book is unique in that it pulls together information
and knowledge from a number of sources and provides valuable
insights into how any particular species has been used over the
years for production ... The authors present all of this
information in a very factual, thought-provoking
manner." (Doody's, 25 May 2012)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.11.2011
• Reihe/Serie: UFAW Animal Welfare
• Reihe/Serie: UFAW Animal Welfare
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Agriculture • Alternative • animal • animal agriculture • animal husbandry • animals • Animal Welfare, Ethics & Law • Central • commercial • consumer • demand • Farm • Food • Handbook • Implications • introductory • Landwirtschaft • Large • Major • Methods • Nutztiere • Production • Range • Standard • Textbook • Tierhaltung • Tierschutz, Ethik u. Recht • UFAW • Update • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin f. Nutztiere • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin f. Nutztiere • Veterinary Medicine • Veterinary Medicine - Farm Animals • welfare
• ISBN-10: 1-118-27941-7 / 1118279417
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-27941-0 / 9781118279410