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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446315303321

Autore

Hemsworth Paul H

Titolo

Human-livestock interactions [[electronic resource] ] : the stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively-farmed animals / / Paul H. Hemsworth and Grahame J. Coleman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K. ; ; Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2011

ISBN

1-282-98700-3

9786612987007

1-84593-775-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ColemanGrahame J

Disciplina

174/.9636

Soggetti

Animal industry - Moral and ethical aspects

Livestock - Research - Moral and ethical aspects

Animal welfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 extensively. This volume explores new information on human-livestock relationships, their effects on both animals and handlers and the application of this knowledge particularly in relation to dairy cows, veal calves and poultry. Developments in knowledge of the relationships and their effects post-far