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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877591303321

Autore

Phillips C. J. C

Titolo

Cattle behaviour and welfare / / Clive Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Blackwell Science, 2002

ISBN

1-280-21352-3

9786610213528

0-470-70879-4

0-470-75241-6

1-4051-4743-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PhillipsC. J. C

Disciplina

636.2083

Soggetti

Animal welfare

Cattle - Behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed. published as: Cattle behaviour. [S.l.] : Farming Press, 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction to Cattle Welfare -- 2. The Welfare of Dairy Cows -- 3. The Welfare of Beef Cattle and Draft Oxen -- 4. The Welfare of Calves -- 5. The Welfare of Cattle During Transport, Marketing and Slaughter -- 6. Environmental Perception and Cognition -- 7. Acquisition of Behaviour and the Use of Selective Breeding to Improve Welfare -- 8. Play Behaviour -- 9. Social Behaviour -- 10. Nutritional Behaviour -- 11. Reproductive Behaviour -- 12. Locomotion and Movement -- 13. Resting Behaviour -- 14. Behavioural Adaptation to Inadequate Environments -- 15. The Relationship Between Cattle and Man.

Sommario/riassunto

Cattle are one of our major domesticated animals, a higher mammal with complex mental and physical needs. The benefit of a knowledge of cattle behaviour means veterinarians and stockpeople can recognise abnormal behaviour signs for disease diagnosis and indication of an inadequate environment. This book replaces the book Cattle Behaviour, written by the same author and published by Farming Press in 1993. The text has been revised and updated and four new chapters on cattle welfare have been added. The main interest of many reading a book on behaviour is its relation to the welfare of the species.