Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of pigs (96) (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1786764431 ISBN 13: 9781786764430

Verlag: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

This collection reviews the genetic and developmental factors that affect pig behaviour and assesses ways of optimising pig welfare at different stages of production, from breeding to slaughter.

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Dr Sandra Edwards is Emerita Professor in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. Professor Edwards is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on pig welfare with over 200 publications in the field. She has won numerous awards, including from organisations such as UFAW, EAAP, RSPCA and BSAS. She is a former President of the British Society of Animal Science, a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, as well as a former member of the UK Farm Animal Welfare Council and the Animal Health and Welfare Panel of the European Food Safety Agency.

Yolande Seddon is an Assistant Professor of Swine Behaviour and Welfare at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada and the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Swine Welfare. Dr. Seddon’s research focuses on the behaviour and welfare of farmed pigs and explores the interactions between management, pig behaviour, welfare and productivity, with a strong multidisciplinary and applied research approach.

Dr Sandra Düpjan completed her doctoral thesis at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Germany. Her research typically focuses on bioacoustics and the assessment of affective states in the context of animal welfare.

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The welfare of farmed animals such as pigs is an increasing concern for consumers and regulatory agencies. This collection summaries and reviews the wealth of recent research on understanding pig behaviour and improving their welfare.

After an initial review of genetic and developmental factors affecting pig behaviour, the book assesses ways of optimising pig welfare at differing production stages. Chapters cover breeding and gestation, farrowing and lactation, weaning, growing and finishing as well as transport, lairage and slaughter. The book then reviews our understanding of current welfare issues such as tail biting docking, castration and the impact of enrichment. The final part of the book assesses behavioural and emotional responses of pigs, welfare indicators and advances in technologies for monitoring pig behaviour and welfare.

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 companies breeding pigs and processing pig meat.

Dr Sandra Edwards is Emerita Professor in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Newcastle, UK. Professor Edwards is widely regarded as one of the world s leading experts on pig welfare with over 200 publications in the field. She has won numerous awards, including from organisations such as UFAW, EAAP, RSPCA and BSAS. She is a former President of the British Society of Animal Science, a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, as well as a former member of the UK Farm Animal Welfare Council and the Animal Health and Welfare Panel of the European Food Safety Agency.

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Animal welfare is an essential aspect of modern livestock production and a sound knowledge of animal behaviour is fundamentally important to understand animal welfare. The proposed content of this book is excellent and covers all major themes in the field of pig behaviour and welfare. The list of authors includes most of the best scientists in the area. Therefore, I am fully convinced that this book will become a must for anyone interested not only in pig welfare, but also in pig production in general. Dr Xavier Manteca, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain

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.

Dr Sandra Edwards is Emerita Professor in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. Professor Edwards is widely regarded as one of the world s leading experts on pig welfare with over 300 publications in the field. She has won numerous awards, including from organisations such as UFAW, EAAP, RSPCA and BSAS. She is a former President of the British Society of Animal Science, a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, as well as a former member of the UK Farm Animal Welfare Council and the Animal Health and Welfare Panel of the European Food Safety Agency.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1786764431
• ISBN 13: 9781786764430
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 596
• Herausgeber: Edwards Prof. Sandra
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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