Human-Livestock Interactions : the Stockperson and the Productivity and Welfare of Intensively Farmed Animals /

Human-animal interactions have a profound effect on farm animals and stockpeople alike. Training of stockpeople can improve livestock welfare and in turn productivity, and is a principle area of focus after improvements in genetics, nutrition, reproduction, health and housing have been addressed ext...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hemsworth, Paul H.
Otros Autores: Coleman, Grahame J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, ©2011.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Animal industry > Moral and ethical aspects.
Livestock > Research > Moral and ethical aspects.
Livestock > Effect of human beings on.
Animal welfare.
Animal Welfare
Livestock
Animal Husbandry > ethics
Industrie animale > Aspect moral.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Man.
Animal behaviour.
Animal production.
Attitudes.
Behaviour.
Domestic animals.
Farm workers.
Handling.
Interactions.
Livestock.
Relationships.
Animal industry > Moral and ethical aspects
Animal welfare
Livestock > Research > Moral and ethical aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the stockperson as a professional: skills, knowledge and status
  • Farm animal welfare: assessment, issues and implications
  • Human-animal interactions and animal productivity and welfare
  • Attitudes of stockpeople
  • Stockperson behaviour and animal behaviour
  • A model of stockperson-animal interactions and their implications for livestock
  • Changing stockperson attitudes and behaviour
  • Conclusion: current and future opportunities to improve human-animal interactions in livestock production.

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