The sciences of animal welfare
By: David J. Mellor, Emily Patterson-Kane, Kevin J. Stafford.
Contributors: Patterson-Kane, Emily.; Stafford, Kevin J.; Universities Federation for Animal Welfare.
Series: UFAW animal welfare series; UFAW animal welfare series
Publisher: Blackwell; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781405134958
Subjects: Animal welfare; Veterinary medicine; Agriculture; Animal Welfare; Animal Use Alternatives -- methods; Behavior, Animal; Pain -- veterinary; Veterinary Medicine -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Focus of animal welfare; title: Agricultural sciences and animal welfare : crop production and animal production; title: Veterinary science and animal welfare; title: Genetics, biotechnology, and breeding : mixed blessings; title: Animal welfare, grading compromise, and mitigating suffering; title: Standardised behavioural testing in non-verbal humans and other animals; title: Human-animal interactions and animal welfare; title: Environmental enrichment : studying the nature of nurture; title: Societal contexts of animal welfare; title: Integrated perspectives : sleep, developmental stage, and animal welfare; title: The wider context of animal welfare science.