Human-livestock interactions [ the stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively farmed animals

Human-animal interactions have a profound effect on farm animals and stockpeople alike. Training of stockpeople can improve livestock welfare and in turn productivity, and is a principle area of focus after improvements in genetics, nutrition, reproduction, health and housing have been addressed ext...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hemsworth, Paul H. (Author), Coleman, Grahame J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI , c2010
Edition:2nd edition
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Online Access:https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2010/20103380749.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: the stockperson as a professional - skills, knowledge and status
  • 2. Farm animal welfare: assessment, issues and implications
  • 3. Human-animal interactions and animal productivity and welfare
  • 4. Attitudes of stockpeople
  • 5. Stockperson behaviour and animal behaviour
  • 6. A model of stockperson-animal interactions and their implications for livestock
  • 7. Changing stockperson attitudes and behaviour
  • 8. Conclusion: current and future opportunities to improve human-animal interactions in livestock production