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Advances in agricultural animal welfare : science and practice / edited by Joy A. Mench.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Woodhead Publishing series in food science and technology.
- Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology, and Nutrition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal welfare.
- Livestock--Housing.
- Livestock.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 269 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Duxford : Woodhead Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, [2018]
- Summary:
- This book explores developments in the key areas of agricultural animal welfare assessment and improvement. It reviews advances in animal welfare science and examines transdisciplinary research in animal welfare, with coverage of bioethics, welfare and sustainability from both environmental and food safety perspectives. It also delves into the process of translating science into policy and practice, followed by discussion on the global achievability of welfare standards.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Advances in animal welfare science
- pt. 2. Animal welfare and sustainability of animal agriculture
- pt. 3. Translating science into policy and practice
- pt. 4. Animal welfare standards : are they globally achievable?
- pt. 5. Emerging issues.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 4, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 9780081012468
- 0081012462
- OCLC:
- 1013889090
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