Understanding the Behaviour and Improving the Welfare of Pigs (Hardcover)

With growing concern from consumers and regulatory agencies about the welfare of farmed animals such as pigs, the livestock sector must assess how animal welfare can be improved whilst ensuring livestock production remains economically and environmentally sustainable. Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of pigs is a comprehensive review of key research in this important area. This collection reviews genetic and developmental factors affecting pig behaviour and current welfare issues at different production stages, as well as specific issues such as tail biting and castration. The book concludes with an assessment of ways to measure welfare, including techniques to monitor pig behaviour. With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of pigs will be a standard text for university researchers in pig/swine and veterinary science as well as ethology. It will also be a key reference for government and other agencies involved in regulating and monitoring farm animal welfare, as well as farmers and companies involved in pig production.

General

Imprint:	Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 96
Release date:	February 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Sandra Edwards
Contributors:	Lotta Rydhmer • Giuliana Miguel-Pacheco • Yolande M. Seddon • Paul H. Hemsworth • Emma M. Baxter • Sandra Edwards • Nicole Kemper • Arlene Garcia • John J. McGlone
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	594
ISBN-13:	978-1-78676-443-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Animal husbandry > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78676-443-1
Barcode:	9781786764430

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