Human-livestock interactions : the stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively farmed animals / Paul H. Hemsworth and Grahame J. Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemsworth, Paul H.

Contributor:

Coleman, Grahame J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal industry--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal industry.

Livestock--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Livestock.

Livestock--Effect of human beings on.

Animal welfare.

Physical Description:

ix, 194 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2011]

Summary:

Australian animal welfare scientists Hemsworth (U. of Melbourne) and Coleman (Monash U.) discuss interaction between humans and livestock in light of ever increasing evidence demonstrating that such interactions may result in profound behavioral and physiological changes in the animal, with consequences on the animal's performance and welfare. The stockperson may be influenced as well, they say, to the extent that job-related characteristics such as job satisfaction, motivation, and commitment may be affected, with implications for the job performance and career prospects. Among their topics are skills, knowledge, and status of a professional stockperson, assessment, issues, and implications of farm animal welfare, attitudes of stockpeople a model of the interactions and their implications for livestock, and changing stockperson attitudes and behavior. They mention writing the first edition in 1998. Distributed in the US by Stylus Publishing. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: the stockperson as a professional: skills, knowledge and status

Farm animal welfare: assessment, issues and implications

Human-animal interactions and animal productivity and welfare

Attitudes of stockpeople

Stockperson behaviour and animal behaviour

A model of stockperson-animal interactions and their implications for livestock

Changing stockperson attitudes and behaviour

Conclusion: current and future opportunities to improve human-animal interactions in livestock production.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845936730

1845936736

OCLC:

639940793