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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI ,
c2010
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| 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