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Advances in sheep welfare /
Advances in Sheep Welfare examines the recent advances made in sheep welfare assessment, handling and management, providing state-of-the-art coverage of the welfare needs of one of the world's most widely farmed animals. The book begins with an introduction to sheep welfare in Part One, with ch...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Duxford, United Kingdom :
Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier,
�2017.
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition.
Advances in farm animal welfare series. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part One
- Introduction to Sheep Welfare; 1
- Understanding the natural behaviour of sheep; Highly selective herbivores; Social factors; Highly selective in food choices; Followers, fearful and gregarious; Follower behaviours; Social dominance; Fearful and gregarious; Undemonstrative; Conclusions; References; 2
- Overview of sheep production systems; International perspectives in sheep production: differences in systems and welfare risks; World sheep numbers and production; Sheep production systems
- Welfare risks in different systemsTraditional, extensive and intensive sheep production systems; Traditional systems; Extensive systems; United Kingdom sheep systems; Uruguayan sheep production systems; New Zealand sheep industry; Australian sheep systems; Intensive dairy systems; Future trends in sheep production; Decline in pastoralism; Meat versus wool; Increased fertility; Genomic selection; Labour will become difficult; Labour saving technologies; Large scale sheep milk production systems and intensification to indoor feeding systems; Conclusions; References
- 3
- Consumer and societal expectations for sheep productsThe nature of public perceptions; Public attitudes and consumption of sheep products; Meat; Fibre; Community behaviour; Impact of public attitudes on the livestock industries; Producer practices; Mortality; Confinement; Transport; Farmer attitudes; Licence to farm; Influence on regulators and legislators; Industry responses; Conclusions; References; Further reading; Part Two
- New Advances in Sheep Welfare Assessment; 4
- Sheep cognition and its implications for welfare; Cognitive capacities of sheep; Spatial navigation
- Social cognition and learningExecutive decision-making; Inferential reasoning; Sense of self; Stress and cognitive processing; Learning and expectations; Cognitive biases; Judgement bias; Long-term treatments; Short-term treatments; Neurobiological investigations; Existing issues and future directions; Attention bias; Implications for welfare; References; 5
- New physiological measures of the biological cost of responding to challenges; Introduction; The classical responses to challenge and the associated indicators of welfare; The hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis
- The sympatho-adrenal systemNew physiological indicators; Thermal-based markers; Body temperature; Infrared thermography (IRT); Stress-induced hyperthermia; Physiological indicators of brain activity; Neurochemical signals; Heart rate and heart rate variability; Electroencephalography; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET); Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNRS or fNIRS); Metabolic indicators; Indicators from the immune system; Biomechanical markers; Interpreting physiological indicators; Conclusions; References
- Part Three
- Current and Future Solutions to Sheep Welfare Challenges