Title: Enhancing animal welfare and farmer income through strategic animal feeding : some case studies /
Authors: Makkar, Harinder P. S.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Animal Welfare; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animal Feed; Feeds Analysis.; Animal nutrition; Animal feeding; Animal welfare.; Farm income.
Abstract: " ... At the Expert Consultation held at FAO headquarters in Rome in September 2011, participants called for a series of case studies to document existing practices that enhance animal welfare as well as farmers' incomes; currently, such studies are few and far between. This document presents a number of such studies and it is hoped that the information they contain will encourage researchers and agencies working in the area of animal welfare to initiate studies to capture the impact of any intervention on farmers' incomes - an area that has been neglected to date. It is also envisaged that these studies could pave the way for developing guidelines and policy options to promote sustainable animal feeding that enhances animal welfare, animal productivity, animal product quality and profitability."--Preface.
Contents: Reducing variability in nutrient consumption: improving health, welfare and profitability of dairy cows fed total mixed rations / Trevor J. DeVries -- Improving the welfare of dairy goats: feeding behaviour identifies goats at risk of subacute rumen acidosis / Sylvie Giger-Reverdin, Daniel Sauvant and Christine Duvaux-Ponter -- Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) as strategic supplement for dairy cows / Pietro Celi -- Increasing profit in free-range poultry production systems through improved welfare-the use of nutritional interventions / Oluyinka A. Olukosi.