Livestock handling and transport /

Welfare, behaviour and stress during handling and transport of cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, deer and poultry, are discussed in 20 chapters of the book.

Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000.
Edition:2nd edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Management and Economic Factors of Handling and Transport / T. Grandin
  • Behavioural Principles of Animal Handling and Transport / H.W. Gonyou
  • General Principles of Stress and Well-being / P.B. Siegel and W.B. Gross
  • Welfare Assessment and Welfare Problem Areas During Handling and Transport / D.M. Broom
  • Behavioural Principles of Handling Cattle and Other Grazing Animals Under Extensive Conditions / T. Grandin
  • Handling Cattle in Intensive Systems / R. Ewbank
  • Handling Facilities and Restraint of Range Cattle / T. Grandin
  • Dairy Cattle Behaviour, Facilities, Handling and Husbandry / J.L. Albright
  • Cattle Transport / V. Tarrant and T. Grandin
  • Behavioural Principles of Sheep Handling / G.D. Hutson
  • Design of Sheep Yards and Shearing Sheds / A. Barber and R.B. Freeman
  • Facilities for Handling Intensively Managed Sheep / H.Ll. Williams
  • Dogs For Herding and Guarding Livestock / L. Coppinger and R. Coppinger
  • Behavioural Principles of Pig Handling / P.H. Hemsworth
  • Transport of Pigs / E. Lambooij
  • Horse Handling and Transport / K.A. Houpt and S. Lieb
  • Deer Handling and Transport / L.R. Matthews
  • Poultry Handling and Transport / C. Weeks and C. Nicol
  • Stress Physiology of Animals During Transport / T.G. Knowles and P.D. Warriss
  • Handling and Welfare of Livestock in Slaughter Plants / T. Grandin.