Cattle behaviour and welfare / C.J.C. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Clive J. C., 1958-

Contributor:

Phillips, Clive J. C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cattle--Behavior.

Cattle.

Physical Description:

viii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Cattle behaviour & welfare

Cattle behavior and welfare

Cattle behavior & welfare

First ed. published under title: Cattle behaviour

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Blackwell Science, 2002.

Summary:

With the pressure to increase efficiency of cattle production, it can be easy to ignore the complex physical and behavioural needs of the animals. However, consumers are increasingly concerned that the welfare of cattle is evaluated throughout the system of production, and behavioural signs are often the key to this. The first edition of this book was entitled Cattle Behaviour. The intimate relationship between the behaviour of cattle and their welfare has led the author to broaden the content with four new chapters on welfare and consequently the book has a new title for this second edition. As well as tackling the welfare issues in cattle production, this book also describes the principle behaviour patterns in cattle, their ontogeny and their purpose, and takes into account the now considerable literature on these topics. A detailed knowledge of cattle behaviour enables veterinarians and stockpeople to recognise abnormal behaviour signs for disease diagnosis and indications of an inadequate environment. Cattle Behaviour and Welfare is intended for all those involved in the study of animal welfare and ethology, as well as students of animal science, agriculture and veterinary medicine. It will also be of interest to advisers in cattle husbandry, and leading farmers.

Contents:

1 Introduction to cattle welfare 1

Definition and measurement

Determining the optimum welfare for cattle

moral issues

evidence from wild cattle

2 The welfare of dairy cows 10

Hunger and malnutrition

Diseases

Milking

Housing

Social influences

Tail docking

3 The welfare of beef cattle and draft oxen 23

Undernutrition

Housing and pasture

Dystokia

Oxen used for traction and other work

4 The welfare of calves 30

Perinatal calf behaviour

Housing/environment

Nutrition

Handling and management

Veal calves

5 The welfare of cattle during transport, marketing and slaughter 38

Transport

Markets

Slaughter

6 Environmental perception and cognition 49

Vision

Hearing

Olfaction

Taste

Epidermal receptors

Nociception and pain

Perception of temperature

Perception of electric and magnetic fields

Perception of humans

7 Acquisition of behaviour and the use of selective breeding to improve welfare 62

Innate or learnt?

Methods of learning

Breeding for improved welfare

Ethical considerations of the relationship between animal breeding and animal welfare

8 Play behaviour 78

What is play?

Functions of play

9 Social behaviour 84

Social interactions

Social organisation

Temperament

10 Nutritional behaviour 123

Food procurement and ingestion

Environmental factors affecting feeding behaviour

Feeding apparatus

Rumination

Drinking

Elimination

11 Reproductive behaviour 152

Reproductive strategy

The ontogeny of reproductive behaviour

The female oestrus

Sexuality in the male

Parturient behaviour

12 Locomotion and movement 179

Other forms of movement

Behaviour during handling

13 Resting behaviour 198

Lying

Sleep

14 Behavioural adaptation to inadequate environments 208

Behavioural needs

Behavioural problems

15 The relationship between cattle and man 217

Introduction

the domestic contract.

Notes:

First published by the Farming Press in 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-257) and index.

Related Work:

Phillips, Clive J. C. Cattle behaviour.

ISBN:

0632056452

OCLC:

49594383