Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle / edited by Marcia Endres.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Endres, Marcia, editor.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; 98.

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science ; 98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dairy cattle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England ; Philadelphia : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

The welfare of farmed animals such as cattle is an increasing concern for consumers and regulatory agencies. This book explores the science behind our understanding of dairy cow behaviour and ways to improve their welfare. Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle summarises this wealth of recent research and reviews dairy cattle behaviour in areas such as cognition, learning, pain and stress. The collection features authoritative assessments by leading experts on developments in welfare indicators, monitoring and certification, as well as approaches to improve welfare practices of calves, heifers and transition cows at different stages of production including housing, transport and slaughter. With its distinguished author team and wide-ranging coverage, Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle will be a standard reference for university and other researchers in dairy and veterinary science as well as ethology. It will also be a key reference for government and other agencies involved in regulating and monitoring farm animal welfare, as well as dairy farmers and companies processing milk and other dairy products.

Contents:

Intro

Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle

Contents

Series list

Introduction

Chapter 1 Dairy cattle welfare and other aspects of sustainability

1 Introduction

2 Animal welfare and the dairy industry

3 Dairy production, welfare and sustainability

4 Conclusion

5 Where to look for further information

6 References

Part 1 Understanding behaviour

Chapter 2 Advances in understanding cognition and learning in cattle

2 Learning and memory in cattle

3 Understanding the physical environment

4 Social cognition in the cattle group

5 Human-cow interactions

6 Cognitive research in an applied setting

7 Summary

8 Further information

9 References

Chapter 3 Advances in understanding pain and stress in cows

2 Definitions of pain and stress

3 Foundation methods and the need for new approaches

4 Sources of pain and stress and foundation measures

5 New methods and examples

6 Future research

7 Case study: disbudding in calves

8 Summary

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Part 2 Welfare indicators and monitoring

Chapter 4 Developing effective welfare measures for cattle

2 Definition of animal welfare

3 Performance characteristics to define valid welfare measures

4 Choice of measures for cattle

5 Collection of animal-based welfare measures on the farm

6 Conclusion

7 Where to look for further information

8 Acknowledgements

Chapter 5 Advances in precision livestock farming techniques for monitoring dairy cattle welfare

2 The five domains model for welfare assessment

3 The nutrition domain

4 The environment domain

5 The health domain

6 The behavior domain.

7 The need for algorithms to monitor dairy cattle welfare

8 Conclusion

Chapter 6 Developing effective training and certification schemes for improving on-farm dairy cattle welfare

2 Selection of measures

3 Dimensions of animal welfare - balance between measures

4 Training of assessors

5 Summary and future trends

6 Where to look for further information

7 References

Part 3 Improving welfare practices

Chapter 7 Developments in housing of cattle to promote health and welfare

2 Natural behaviors

3 Housing adaptations to feeding behavior

4 Group management of dairy cattle

5 Promoting optimal resting behavior

6 Responses to extreme climate

7 Enhancements to natural behavior

Chapter 8 Advances in understanding behavioral needs and improving the welfare of calves and heifers

2 Addressing social needs

3 Addressing feeding needs

4 Addressing resting and environmental comfort needs

5 Addressing other behavioral needs

6 Common themes and developing areas of research

7 Conclusion

8 Where to look for further information

Chapter 9 Advances in understanding the needs and improving the welfare of transition dairy cows

2 Biological functioning

3 Affective states

4 Natural living

5 Case study: Maternity pen design and management

6 Conclusion and future trends

8 References

Chapter 10 Optimizing welfare in transport and slaughter of cattle

2 Culling and permanent herd removals

3 Transport of cattle to markets and slaughter facilities

4 Trends in transport of dairy and beef cattle.

5 Muscling and body condition of cull cows arriving at slaughter plants

6 Hide and carcass bruising evaluation

7 Optimising welfare during the pre-transport stage

8 Welfare of cattle during transport

9 Welfare of cattle at slaughter

10 Summary

11 Where to look for further information

12 References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78676-461-X

1-78676-462-8

OCLC:

1257667227