Advances in pig welfare. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Marek Špinka.
• Editors: Špinka, Marek
• Contents: Part One: Pig Welfare Hotspots 1. Overview of commercial pig production systems and their main welfare challenges 2. Sow welfare in the farrowing crate and alternatives. 3. Piglet mortality and morbidity: inevitable or unacceptable? 4. Lifetime consequences of the early physical and social environment of piglets 5. Tail biting 6. Manipulable materials 7. Mitigating hunger in pregnant sows 8. Aggression in group housed sows and fattening pigs 9. Handling and transport of pigs 10. Slaughter of pigs Part Two: Pig Welfare Emerging Topics 11. The pain-sensitive pig 12. On-farm and post-mortem pig health status assessment 13. Pig-human interactions: Pig-human interactions: creating a positive perception of humans to ensure pig welfare 14. Breeding for pig welfare; opportunities and challenges 15. Positive pig welfare 16. Pigs as laboratory animals
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Woodhead Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 636.40832; Swine industry -- Moral and ethical aspects; Swine
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780081011195
• Related ISBNs: 9780081010129
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