Human-livestock interactions

Hemsworth, Paul H.

Human-livestock interactions the stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively-farmed animals / [electronic resource] : Paul H. Hemsworth and Grahame J. Coleman. - 2nd ed. - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K. ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI, 2011. - ix, 194 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the stockperson as a professional: skills, knowledge and status -- Farm animal welfare: assessment, issues and implications -- Human-animal interactions and animal productivity and welfare -- Attitudes of stockpeople -- Stockperson behaviour and animal behaviour -- A model of stockperson-animal interactions and their implications for livestock -- Changing stockperson attitudes and behaviour -- Conclusion : current and future opportunities to improve human-animal interactions in livestock production.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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Animal industry--Moral and ethical aspects.
Livestock--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal welfare.


Electronic books.

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