Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of pigs. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sandra Edwards.
• Editors: Edwards, Sandra (Sandra Ann), 1954-
• Contents: Part 1: Determinants of behaviour 1. Advances in understanding the genetics of pig behaviour Lotta Rydhmer 2. Developmental effects on development of pig behaviour Yolande Seddon Part 2: Management of behaviour in different production stages 3. Optimising pig welfare in breeding and gestation Paul Hemsworth 4. Optimising welfare in farrowing and lactation Emma Baxter 5. Optimising pig welfare at the weaning and nursery stage Nicole Kemper 6. Optimising pig welfare in the growing and finishing stage John McGlone 7. Optimising pig welfare during transport, lairage and slaughter Luigi Faucitano Part 3: Current welfare issues 8. Pain assessment and piglet management procedures Armelle Prunier 9. Alternatives to castration of pigs Emma Fabrega 10. Understanding and preventing tail biting in pigs Sandra Edwards 11. The role of enrichment in optimising pig welfare Sandra Düpjan Part 4: Assessment of welfare states 12. Behavioural responses to health challenges and their alleviation Monique Pairis-Garcia 13. Assessing emotions in pigs Eimear Murphy 14. Assessing welfare under farm conditions Bjorn Forkman 15. Advances in technologies for monitoring pig welfare Maciej Oczak
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 636.4; Swine -- Behavior; Animal welfare
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786764454; 9781786764461; 9781786764447; 9781003048220
• Related ISBNs: 9781786764430
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