Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Endres, Marcia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The various parts of this volume address effectively the different components required to understand the behaviour and improve the welfare of dairy cattle. The expertise of the contributing authors guarantees a significant contribution to this important area."
Prof. Harry Blokhuis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

The welfare of farmed animals such as cattle is an increasing concern for consumers and regulatory agencies. This book explores the science behind our understanding of dairy cow behaviour and ways to improve their welfare.

Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle summarises this wealth of recent research and reviews dairy cattle behaviour in areas such as cognition, learning, pain and stress. The collection features authoritative assessments by leading experts on developments in welfare indicators, monitoring and certification, as well as approaches to improve welfare practices of calves, heifers and transition cows at different stages of production including housing, transport and slaughter.

With its distinguished author team and wide-ranging coverage, Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle will be a standard reference for university and other researchers in dairy 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 dairy farmers and companies processing milk and other dairy products.

Dr Marcia Endres is Professor of Dairy Cattle Production at the University of Minnesota, USA. She is past-President of the Dairy Cattle Welfare Council in the US as well as Chair of the International Precision Dairy Farming Organisation. Professor Endres is internationally renowned for her research on dairy cattle welfare and the use of precision farming technology in the dairy sector.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786764614
• Artikelnr.: 61250128

Inhaltsangabe

1.Dairy cattle welfare and other aspects of sustainability: Donald M. Broom
University of Cambridge
UK; Part 1 Understanding behaviour 2.Advances in understanding cognition and learning in cattle: Maria Vilain Rørvang
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sweden; and Christian Nawroth
Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology
Germany; 3.Advances in understanding pain and stress in cows: Kenneth M. D. Rutherford and Marie J. Haskell
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)
UK; Part 2 Welfare indicators and monitoring 4.Developing effective welfare measures for cattle: Ute Knierim
University of Kassel
Germany; Christoph Winckler
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Austria; and Luc Mounier and Isabelle Veissier
Université Clermont Auvergne
INRAE
VetAgro Sup
France; 5.Advances in precision livestock farming techniques for monitoring dairy cattle welfare: Henk Hogeveen and Mariska van der Voort
Wageningen University and Research
The Netherlands; 6.Developing effective training and certification schemes for improving on-farm dairy cattle welfare: Antoni Dalmau and Antonio Velarde
IRTA
Spain; Part 3 Improving welfare practices 7.Developments in housing of cattle to promote health and welfare: Nigel B. Cook
University of Wisconsin-Madison
USA; 8.Advances in understanding behavioral needs and improving the welfare of calves and heifers: Emily Miller-Cushon
University of Florida
USA; and Jennifer Van Os
University of Wisconsin-Madison
USA; 9.Advances in understanding the needs and improving the welfare of transition dairy cows: Julia Lomb
University of British Columbia
Canada; and Kathryn L. Proudfoot
University of Prince Edward Island
Canada; 10.Optimizing welfare in transport and slaughter of cattle: Jan Shearer
Iowa State University
USA;