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Titolo |
Livestock handling and transport / / edited by T. Grandin |
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Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2000 |
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ISBN |
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9781786399182 |
1-280-81174-9 |
9786610811748 |
0-85199-714-7 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (668 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Livestock - Effect of stress on |
Livestock - Handling |
Livestock - Transportation |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: Management and Economic Factors of Handling and Transport; 2 Behavioural Principles of Animal Handling and Transport; 3 General Principles of Stress and Well-being; 4 Welfare Assessment and Welfare Problem Areas During Handling and Transport; 5 Behavioural Principles of Handling Cattle and Other Grazing Animals Under Extensive Conditions; 6 Handling Cattle in Intensive Systems; 7 Handling Facilities and Restraint of Range Cattle; 8 Dairy Cattle Behaviour, Facilities, Handling and Husbandry; 9 Cattle Transport. 10 Behavioural Principles of Sheep Handling*11 Design of Sheep Yards and Shearing Sheds*; 12 Facilities for Handling Intensively Managed Sheep; 13 Dogs For Herding and Guarding Livestock; 14 Behavioural Principles of Pig Handling; 15 Transport of Pigs; 16 Horse Handling and Transport; 17 Deer Handling and Transport; 18 Poultry Handling and Transport; 19 Stress Physiology of Animals During Transport; 20 Handling and Welfare of Livestock in Slaughter P |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Dr Temple Grandin, this practical book integrates scientific research and industry literature on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, and horses, in both the |
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developed and developing world, to provide a practical guide to humane handling and minimizing animal stress. Reviewing the latest research on transport systems, restraint methods and facilities for farms and slaughterhouses, this fully updated fifth edition of Livestock Handling and Transport includes five new chapters: The Introduction, Genetics and Handling, Goat Handling and Transport, Robotic Milking, and Transport of Livestock by Sea. There is also new coverage of temperament testing and change, the principles of good stockmanship as well as including new video material to further explain key information contained in the book.Key features include:- Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Temple Grandin.- Two new chapters on the testing and control of temperament and the principles of good stockmanship.- Online videos to further illustrate the key points. |
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