The welfare of farmed ratites
By: Phil Glatz, Christine Lunam, Irek Malecki, editors
Series: Animal welfare -- 11; Animal welfare -- v. 11.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9783642192968; 9783642192975
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Flightless birds; Captive wild birds; Animal welfare; Ratite farming; Conservation; Ratites; Breeding; Physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The ethics of farming flightless birds / G. Tulloch and C.J.C. Phillips; title: Breeder welfare : the past, present and future / S.W.P. Cloete and I.A. Malecki; title: Natural mating and artificial insemination / I.A. Malecki and P.K. Rybnik-Trzaskowska; title: Incubation and chick rearing / D.C. Deeming; title: Ostrich nutrition and welfare / T. Brand and A. Olivier; title: Welfare issues associated with ratite husbandry practices / P.C. Glatz; title: The structure and sensory innervation of the integument of ratites / K.A. Weir and C.A. Lunam; title: Ratite movement / R.G. Cooper; title: Ratite health : welfare implications / D. Black and P.C. Glatz; title: Bird handling, transportation, lairage and slaughter : implications for bird welfare and meat quality / L.C. Hoffman and H. Lambrechts; title: Ratite conservation : linking captive-release and welfare / J.L. Navarro and M.B. Martella.