Human-livestock interactions : the stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively farmed animals /

• Main Authors: Hemsworth, Paul H., (Author), Coleman, Grahame J., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Subjects: Animal industry > Moral and ethical aspects.; Livestock > Research > Moral and ethical aspects.; Livestock > Effect of human beings on.; Animal welfare.; Animal Welfare.; Livestock.; Animal Husbandry > ethics.; Professions; Practice and Service.; Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000); Animal Behaviour.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Man.; Animal behaviour.; Animal production.; Attitudes.; Behaviour.; Domestic animals.; Farm workers.; Handling.; Interactions.; Relationships.; Electronic books.
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The second edition of this book contains chapters that discuss the role of the stockperson in animal welfare, including attitudes, human-animal interactions, human and animal behaviour and improvement of human-animal interactions in animal production. This book is intended for those with an interest...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : the stockperson as a professional : skills, knowledge and status
• Farm animal welfare : assessment, issues and implications
• Human-animal interactions and animal productivity and welfare
• Attitudes of stockpeople
• Stockperson behaviour and animal behaviour
• A model of stockperson-animal interactions and their implications for livestock
• Changing stockperson attitudes and behaviour
• Conclusion : current and future opportunities to improve human-animal interactions in livestock production.