Livestock handling and transport /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
• Edition: 4th edition.
• Subjects: Livestock > Handling.; Livestock > Transportation.; Livestock > Effect of stress on.; Laws and Regulations.; Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000); Animal Behaviour.; Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition); Animal Welfare.; Cleaning, Grading, Handling, Storage and Transport Equipment.; Techniques and Methodology.; Abattoirs.; Animal behaviour.; Animal welfare.; Domestic animals.; Handling.; Livestock.; Livestock transporters.; Methodology.; Poultry.; Regulations.; Restraint of animals.; Stress.; Stress response.; Transport of animals.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 484 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This practical book integrates scientific research and industry literature on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, and horses, in both the developed and developing world, to provide a practical guide to humane handling and minimizing animal stress. Reviewing the latest research on transport systems, restraint methods and facilities for farms and slaughterhouses, this fully updated fourth edition includes new coverage of animal handling in South America, and reviews extensive new research on pig transportation in North America.