Improving Animal Welfare : A Practical Approach

Name: Improving Animal Welfare : A Practical Approach
Brand: CABI Publishing

CABI Publishing

Improving Animal WelfareA Practical Approach\nAuthor(s): Temple Grandin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: CABI Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: CABI Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781836990253, 978-1836990253\nSynopsis\nCompletely revised and updated throughout, this new edition of Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach continues to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to improving the lives of production animals. It particularly considers advances in topics of increasing importance such as heat stress and other climate-related issues, system-specific considerations around organic farming, measuring the true sustainability of farming systems, and how to successfully transfer rapidly developing technologies from research to field. It also covers: - Core concepts of animal welfare, such as handling and transport, stockmanship, husbandry procedures and euthanasia, with an increased focus on replacing painful procedures with alternatives. - The wider context of welfare, including.