Improving animal welfare
Subtitle: a practical approach
By: edited by Temple Grandin
Publisher: CAB International
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK; Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781845935412
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of measurement to improve the welfare of livestock, poultry and fish / by Temple Grandin; title: Why is agricultural animal welfare important? The social and ethnical context / by Bernard Rollin; title: Implementing effective standards and scoring systems for assessing animal welfare on farms and slaughter plants / by Temple Grandin; title: The importance of good stockmanship and its benefits for the animals / by Jeffrey Rushen and Anne Marie dePassille; title: How to improve livestock handling and reduce stress / by Temple Grandin; title: Painful husbandry procedures in livestock and poultry / by Kevin J. Stafford and David J. Mellor; title: Welfare during transport of livestock and poultry / by Temple Grandin; title: Animal well-being and behavioral needs on the farm / by Lily Edwards; title: Improving livestock, poultry, and fish welfare in slaughter plants with auditing programs / by Temple Grandin; title: Recommended on-farm euthanasia practices / by Jennifer Woods, Jan K. Shearer, and Jeff Hill; title: The effect of economic factors on the welfare of livestock and poultry / by Temple Grandin; title: Improving animal welfare : practical approaches for achieving change / by Helen R. Whay and David C. Main; title: Practical methods for improving the welfare of horses, donkeys, and other working draught animals in developing areas / by Camie R. Heleski, Amy K. McLean, and Janice C. Swanson; title: Successful technology transfer of behavioral and animal welfare research to the farm and slaughter plant / by Temple Grandin; title: Why are behavioral needs important? / by Tina Widowski.