John Webster

Calf Husbandry, Health And Welfare (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Aimed at both students and stockmen, this book explains the scientific basis of calf-rearing in order to prevent too many calves dying young or failing to survive with the consequence enormous financial loss and suffering.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429725791
• Artikelnr.: 55737499

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Normal development 2. Nutrition and digestion 3. Feeding systems from
birth to weaning 4. Environmental needs 5. Housing design, ventilation and
disinfection 6. Common diseases and their recognition 7. The development of
behaviour 8. Production systems and economics 9. Stockmanship and calf
welfare