Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Dr Temple Grandin, this book integrates scientific research and industry literature on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, and horses, in both the developed and developing world, to provide a practical guide to humane handling and minimizing animal stress.
Reviewing the latest research on transport systems, restraint methods and facilities for farms and slaughterhouses, this new edition expands on new developments in the field, as well as covering the integration of and potential welfare benefits and costs of technological advances such as virtual fencing.
An important read for animal scientists, animal welfare researchers and practitioners, and veterinarians, this straightforward text is also a valuable resource for stock-people and farmers.
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Suitable for animal scientists, animal welfare researchers and practitioners, veterinarians, stock-people and farmers.
Chapter 1.: The Importance of Low Stress Handling, Stockmanship, and the
Development of Simpler, Ecohomical Beef Cattle Handling Systems
Chapter 2.:
Welfare of Transported Animals: Welfare Assessment and Factors Affecting
Welfare
Chapter 3.: Stress Physiology of Animals During Transport
Chapter 4.:
The Effects of both Genetics and Previous Experience on Livestock Behaviour,
Handling and Temperament
Chapter 5.: Behavioural Principles of Handling Beef
Cattle and the Design of Corrals, Lairages, Races and Loading Ramps
Chapter
6.: Dairy Cattle Handling and Transport
Chapter 7.: Robotic Milking of Dairy
Cows: Behaviour and Welfare
Chapter 8.: Handling Cattle in Close Association
with People
Chapter 9.: Cattle Transport in North America
Chapter 10.:
Handling and Transport of Cattle and Pigs in South America
Chapter 11.:
Behavioral Principles of Sheep Handling
Chapter 12.: Design of Sheep Yards
and Shearing Sheds
Chapter 13.: Sheep Transport
Chapter 14.: Dogs for Herding
and Guarding Livestock
Chapter 15.: Goat Behaviour and Welfare Applied to
Handling and Transport
Chapter 16.: Behavioral Principles of Pig Handling
Chapter 17.: Transport of Pigs
Chapter 18.: Transport of Market Pigs:
Improvements in Welfare and Economics
Chapter 19.: Handling and Transport of
Horses
Chapter 20.: Bison and Deer Handling and Transport
Chapter 21.:
Poultry Handling and Transport
Chapter 22.: Transport of Cattle, Sheep, and
Other Livestock by Sea and Air
Chapter 23.: The Use of Virtual Fencing
Technology for Grazing Cattle and Sheep
Temple Grandin is Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Dr. Grandin's work includes design of animal handling systems, research on livestock behaviour, and auditing animal welfare. She has visited 26 countries and has served on the OIE animal welfare ad hoc committee for slaughter. Her previous livestock books include Livestock Handling and Transport, Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals and Humane Livestock Handling. Her popular press books on animal behaviour have been both U.S. and international bestsellers. Throughout her career, Dr. Grandin has worked to combine scientific research results with practical application in the field. In the North America half, the cattle are handled in equipment she designed for meat plants. She has received awards for her work on animal welfare from both the livestock industry and animal welfare NGOs. She has awards from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The American Meat Institute, American Society for Animal Science and the Humane Society of the U.S.
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