Calf Husbandry, Health And Welfare

John Webster (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2020
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-16640-3 (ISBN)

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This book deals with the basic principles of husbandry, feeding, housing, health, behaviour, economics and welfare. It explains relevant aspects of calf function and evaluates conventional and novel husbandry systems in terms of their effects on animal performance, health and welfare.

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.

1. Normal development 2. Nutrition and digestion 3. Feeding systems from birth to weaning 4. Environmental needs 5. Housing design, ventilation and disinfection 6. Common diseases and their recognition 7. The development of behaviour 8. Production systems and economics 9. Stockmanship and calf welfare

Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2020
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 224 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-367-16640-2 / 0367166402
ISBN-13	978-0-367-16640-3 / 9780367166403
Zustand	Neuware