Livestock Behaviour: a practical guide / Edition 1

by Ronald Kilgour

Overview

The book aims to bring together the essential information on animal behaviour for those concerned with the husbandry, management and welfare of farm animals. It provides information to make fuller use of labour, reduce accidents, and increase the wellbeing and productivity of farm livestock.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367019839
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/17/2019
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword — Preface — Introduction — Cattle — Sheep — Goat — Deer — Horse — Pig — Hen — Dog — Handling and Welfare — Definitions of Welfare — Definitions of Intensive and Factory Farming — Viewpoints on Welfare — Approach to a Practical Behaviour Problem — Behaviour Inventories or Ethograms — Further Reading