Management and Welfare of Farm Animals: The UFAW Farm Handbook

A major update of the standard introductory textbook on farm animal husbandry and welfare. The central theme of the UFAW Farm Handbook is the welfare implications of farm animal methods. The rise in consumer demand for alternative methods and improved standards in the production of food from animals is reflected in the book.
Key features:covers a range of production methods from large commercial units to small hobby farmsall major farmed species are includedoffers practical advice on ways to assure and improve welfare of farm animalsdifferent systems are critiqued and the welfare impacts compared.

New to this edition:fully revised and updated to reflect current methods and thinkingmore emphasis on general concepts and practice including new chapters on: promotion of welfare through good husbandry; welfare assessment and assurance on–farm; promotion of animal welfare in societynew species–based chapters on: horses; camelids; pheasants; and ostriches.

Spis treści:
Contributors.
Foreword.
Preface.
Acronyms and abbreviations.
1 Husbandry and Animal Welfare (John Webster).
2 Behaviour as an Indicator of Animal Welfare (Christine Nicol).
3 Dairy Cattle (Jean Margerison).
4 Beef Cattle and Veal Calves (Bernadette Earley).
5 Sheep (Pete Goddard).
6 Pigs (Sandra Edwards).
7 Laying Hens (Graham Scott).
8 Broiler Chickens (Susan Haslam).
9 Goats (Alan Mowlem).
10 Red Deer (Alison Hanlon).
11 Horses and Donkeys (Helen (Becky) Whay).
12 Farmed Fish (Tony Wall).
13 South American Camelids (Cristian Bonacic).
14 Turkeys (Stephen Lister).
15 Ducks (Keith Gooderham).
16 Game Birds (David Welchman).
17 Ostrich (Fiona Benson).
18 Assessment, Implementation and Promotion of Farm Animal Welfare (David Main and John Webster).
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
John Webster is Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry at the Univ ersity of Bristol. Author of the widely acclaimed Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye Towards Eden and Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden, he is the founding father of the Bristol Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science group that has gathered evidence and pioneered the arguments necessary to achieve improved welfare standards for veal calves, broiler chickens, laying hens and dairy cows.

UFAW is an internationally recognised, independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity concerned with improving knowledge and understanding of animals’ needs in order to promote high standards of welfare for farm, companion, laboratory, captive wild animals and those with which we interact in the wild.

Okładka tylna:
A major update of the standard introductory textbook on farm animal husbandry and welfare. The central theme of the UFAW Farm Handbook is the welfare implications of farm animal methods. The rise in consumer demand for alternative methods and improved standards in the production of food from animals is reflected in the book.
Key features:covers a range of production methods from large commercial units to small hobby farmsall major farmed species are includedoffers practical advice on ways to assure and improve welfare of farm animalsdifferent systems are critiqued and the welfare impacts compared.

New to this edition:fully revised and updated to reflect current methods and thinkingmore emphasis on general concepts and practice including new chapters on: promotion of welfare through good husbandry; welfare assessment and assurance on–farm; promotion of animal welfare in societynew species–based chapters on: horses; camelids; pheasants; and ostriches.