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  • Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of pigs

    Series Book 96 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Emphasises advances in understanding pig behaviour as the foundation for understanding and improving welfareComprehensive coverable of welfare issues across the value chain, covering breeding and gestation, farrowing and lactation, weaning, growing and finishing as well as transport, lairage and slaughterParticular focus on ways of assessing and reducing pain in such areas as tail docking and ... Read more

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  • Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle

    Series Book 98 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Particularly strong focus on understanding dairy cattle behaviour as the foundation for improving welfare in such areas as cognition and learning, pain and stress as well as social behaviourCovers developments in more animal/outcome-based welfare indicators as well as advanced sensor, acoustic and video techniques for monitoring behaviour and welfareComprehensive review of welfare issues across ... Read more

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  • Instant Insights: Ensuring animal welfare during transport and slaughter

    Series Book 45 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
    This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on ensuring animal welfare during transport and slaughter.The first chapter examines the impact of transport on beef and dairy cattle, as well as the effects of transport on carcass quality issues, such as bruising and dark cutting beef. It details how conditions can be optimised to ensure the welfare needs of the animal are met during ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Instant Insights: Improving the welfare of growing and finishing pigs

    Series Book 99 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
    This book features four peer-reviewed reviews on improving the welfare of growing and finishing pigs.The first chapter begins by defining animal welfare in the context of pig production. The chapter discusses pig behaviour and how this can be affected by intensive production systems, group size, living conditions, as well as systems for monitoring animal health and care.The second chapter explores ... Read more

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    Series Book 91 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
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  • Advances in Sheep Welfare

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  • Advances in Pig Welfare

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    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition
    Advances in Pig Welfare analyzes current topical issues in the key areas of pig welfare assessment and improvement. With coverage of both recent developments and reviews of historical welfare issues, the volume provides a comprehensive survey of the field. The book is divided into two sections. Part One opens with an overview of main welfare challenges in commercial pig production systems and then ... Read more

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