Human-Livestock Interactions: The Stockperson and the Productivity of Intensively Farmed Animals

by Paul H. Hemsworth and Grahame J. Coleman

Training of stockpeople can improve livestock welfare and in turn productivity, and is a principle area of focus after improvements in genetics, nutrition, reproduction, health and housing have been addressed extensively. This volume explores human-livestock relationships, their effects on both animals and handlers and the application of this knowledge, particularly in relation to dairy cows, veal calves and poultry. Developments in knowledge of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845936736
• ISBN13: 9781845936730
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.6"