The welfare of the sheep has received less attention than the
welfare of intensively husbanded animals. However, domestic sheep
may be kept under conditions that are very different from the
environment in which wild sheep live, with adverse effects on their
behaviour and welfare. This book, written by leading researchers
from Europe and Australia, takes a multidisciplinary approach to
focus on the specific welfare challenges facing the sheep. The book
begins with a discussion of current welfare thinking and how this
might be relevant to sheep husbandry. The adaptations of wild sheep
to diverse environments, and how their behaviour and physiology has
developed to deal with these conditions is described and compared
to conditions in modern sheep husbandry. The varied welfare demands
of disease, nutrition and metabolism, farming systems and
management practices are then discussed by specialists in those
areas. The book concludes by considering the economics of improved
welfare, and by describing breeding goals and new challenges and
opportunities for good sheep husbandry. This book will be of
interest to students and academics in animal welfare, animal
production, and veterinary medicine, and those with a particular
interest in or concern for sheep. Written for: Libraries,
veterinary faculty, veterinarians and students, agriculture and
animal science faculty and students, animal welfare professionals
(academics, researchers, students), sheep farmers and those with an
interest in sheep, anmal welfare organisations and staff
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