Human-livestock interactions
Subtitle: the stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively farmed animals
By: Paul H. Hemsworth and Grahame J. Coleman
Contributors: Coleman, Grahame J.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wallingford, UK; Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781845936730
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Livestock; Animal welfare; Research; Animal Husbandry; Animal Welfare; Ethics; Effect of human beings on; Animal industry
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the stockperson as a professional: skills, knowledge and status; title: Farm animal welfare: assessment, issues and implications; title: Human-animal interactions and animal productivity and welfare; title: Attitudes of stockpeople; title: Stockperson behaviour and animal behaviour; title: A model of stockperson-animal interactions and their implications for livestock; title: Changing stockperson attitudes and behaviour; title: Conclusion: current and future opportunities to improve human-animal interactions in livestock production.