John (Hrsg.) Webster

Management and Welfare of Farm Animals

The UFAW Farm Handbook

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A major update of the standard introductory textbook on farm animal husbandry and welfare. The central theme of the UFAW Farm Handbook is the welfare implications of farm animal methods. The rise in consumer demand for alternative methods and improved standards in the production of food from animals is reflected in the book. Key features: covers a range of production methods from large commercial units to small hobby farms all major farmed species are included offers practical advice on ways to assure and improve welfare of farm animals different systems are critiqued and the welfare impacts compared. New to this edition: fully revised an… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-118-27941-0
EAN: 9781118279410
Produktnummer: 13796438
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 312 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 40'929 KB
Auflage: 5. Aufl.

Über den Autor

John Webster is Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Bristol. Author of the widely acclaimed Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye Towards Eden and Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden, he is the founding father of the Bristol Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science group that has gathered evidence and pioneered the arguments necessary to achieve improved welfare standards for veal calves, broiler chickens, laying hens and dairy cows. UFAW is an internationally recognised, independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity concerned with improving knowledge and understanding of animals' needs in order to promote high standards of welfare for farm, companion, laboratory, captive wild animals and those with which we interact in the wild.