The Welfare of Farmed Ratites

by Phil Glatz

Book Overview

This volume reviews, for the first time, the broad range of issues that affect the welfare of commercially farmed ratites. Although ratites incorporate several families of flightless birds this book focuses on the most commonly farmed ratites, the ostrich, emu and rhea. The readers are taken on a journey through all sectors of the industry, which include breeding, incubation, hatching, brooding, rearing, growth, transport and processing, with an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364226851X
• ISBN13: 9783642268519
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"