Erscheint: November 2026
Buch (Hardcover): Fachbuch
Animal Management and Welfare
Verlag:
CABI Publishing Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36989574
EAN: 9781789246759
Erscheint: November 2026
Versand: Kostenlos
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CHF 270.–
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Beschreibung
Animal Management and Welfare provides a comprehensive, evidence-based, cross-species overview of the welfare implications of the management of animals. Using examples from farmed, companion, sport, working, laboratory, and wild animals, and based on the principles of good husbandry and good animal welfare, the book covers: Concepts and approaches to animal welfare with an emphasis on mental states All stages of animal production and use, from genetic selection, breeding, rearing, and transport to slaughter/death How science and ethics are used to help answer questions on how to manage animals to minimize the risk of suffering, and meet their biological and psychological requirements, The contribution of animal welfare legislation and regulation How the physical and social environment of animals affects their health, physiology, behaviour and mental experiences Relationships between animal welfare, and feeding and nutrition, disease and injury, breeding, and performance for work, sport or productivity Human-animal interactions; stockmanship and animal care; handling and restraint; painful husbandry procedures; and cruelty and neglect Using a broader approach than many other animal welfare texts, this book is invaluable to animal welfare practitioners and students, ethologists, veterinary professionals, animal scientists and all those who work with and care for animals.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Michael Cockram
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 672