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Animal Welfare in Animal Agriculture : Husbandry, Stewardship, and Sustainability in Animal Production.

""This text provides the reader with multiple views on animal welfare and proves to be a fascinating read. There are a variety of viewpoints included in the text and thus avoids the pitfall of providing only one or two opinions on, what has proved to be, a controversial subject. ... While...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pond, Wilson G.
Otros Autores: Bazer, Fuller W., Rollin, Bernard E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : CRC Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Contents; Forewords; Preface; Contributor List; Chapter 1: Perspectives on Emergence of Contemporary Animal Agriculture in the Mid-twentieth Century: The Decline of Husbandry and the Rise of the Industrial Model; Chapter 2: Contributions of Farm and Laboratory Animals to Society; Chapter 3: Contributions of Animals in Human Service: A Two-Way Path; Chapter 4: The Opinions and Recommendations of One Particular Study Group: The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production; Chapter 5: Defining Agricultural Animal Welfare: Varying Viewpoints and Approaches.
  • Chapter 6: Contemporary Animal Agriculture: Rural Community Concerns in the United StatesChapter 7: Implementing Effective Practices and Programs to Assess Animal Welfare; Chapter 8: Animal Welfare: Synthesizing Contemporary Animal Agriculture/Engineering and Animal Comfort and Social Responsibility; Chapter 9: Symbiosis of Plants, Animals, and Microbes; Chapter 10: Food Safety Issues in Animal Source Foods Related to Animal Health and Welfare; Chapter 11: Animal Welfare in the Context of Ecological Sustainability.
  • Chapter 12: Competition between Animals and Humans for Cultivated Crops: Livestock Production and our Food SupplyChapter 13: Crop Residues and Other Feed Resources: Inedible for Humans but Valuable for Animals; Chapter 14: Welfare, Health, and Biological Efficiency of Animals through Genetics and Biotechnology; Back Cover.