Cow talk : understanding dairy cow behaviour to improve their welfare on asian farms / John Moran, Rebecca Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moran, John, author.

Doyle, Rebecca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cattle--Behavior.

Cattle.

Dairy cattle--Behavior.

Dairy cattle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Victoria, [Australia] : CSIRO Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of this manual is to improve the welfare of dairy cattle in tropical developing countries, and by doing so, optimise cow and herd performance. It gives the stockmen and farmers directly concerned with the cattle a better understanding of animal behaviour and the ways cattle communicate their comfort or distress. The book discusses normal cattle behaviour and shows how domestication and breeding can affect behaviour to achieve high levels of production of milk, live weight gain and fertility. Animal welfare is important for producers because it can affect the health, production and cont

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 11, 2015).

Other Format:

Print version: Moran, John. Cow talk : understanding dairy cow behaviour to improve their welfare on asian farms.

ISBN:

1-4863-0162-2