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Animal welfare in extensive production systems / editor, Juan J. Villalba ; series editor, Xavier Manteca.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Animal welfare series.
- The Animal Welfare Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal welfare.
- Animals--Treatment.
- Animals.
- Livestock.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : 5M Publishing Ltd., 2016.
- Summary:
- Animals kept in extensive conditions face a unique set of challenges that are vital for anyone with an interest in farm animal welfare to understand. This book presents those challenges in a practical way, backed up with thoroughly referenced research.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- The Animal Welfare Series
- Prologue
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1 Animal welfare in extensive systems
- CHAPTER 2 Thermal stress in ruminants: Responses and strategies for alleviation
- CHAPTER 3 Adaptive responses of rangeland livestock to manage water balance
- CHAPTER 4 Grazing and animal distribution
- CHAPTER 5 Impacts of toxic plants on the welfare of grazing livestock
- CHAPTER 6 Predation
- CHAPTER 7 The health of livestock in extensive systems
- CHAPTER 8 Neonatal mortality of farm livestock in extensive management systems
- CHAPTER 9 Transport of livestock from extensive production systems
- Index
- Plates.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-912178-10-9
- OCLC:
- 986999754
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