Advances in sheep welfare. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Drewe Ferguson, Caroline Lee, Andrew Fisher.
• Editors: Ferguson, Drewe; Lee, Caroline; Fisher, Andrew
• Contents: Part One: Introduction 1. Advances in understanding in the biology and natural behavior of sheep 2. Overview of sheep production systems 3. Consumer and societal expectations for sheep products (meat and wool) Part Two: New advances in sheep welfare assessment 4. New developments in our understanding of sheep cognition and emotional states 5. New physiological measures that indicate the biological cost of the challenge Part Three: Advances in sheep handling and management 6. Genetic solutions 7. Reproductive management 8. Nutritional management 9. Predation control 10. Managing disease risks 11. Painful husbandry procedures 12. Transport and pre-slaughter management 13. Advanced livestock management solutions 14. Optimized welfare for sheep in research and teaching Part Four: Sheep welfare: 2030 and beyond 15. Future welfare challenges and what is required in our capacity to manage them
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Woodhead Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 636.30832; Sheep
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780081007273
• Related ISBNs: 9780081007181
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