Human-livestock interactions: The stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively farmed animals.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemsworth, Paul H., author.

Contributor:

Coleman, Grahame J.

C.A.B. International.

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:

1 online resource (ix, 187 pages)

Place of Publication:

Wallingford : CABI, 2011.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

The second edition of this book contains chapters that discuss the role of the stockperson in animal welfare, including attitudes, human-animal interactions, human and animal behaviour and improvement of human-animal interactions in animal production. This book is intended for those with an interest in human-animal interactions, including trainers, livestock farm managers, students and academics.

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:

Title from title screen (last viewed on Jan. 28, 2014).

ISBN:

978-1-84593-673-0

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.