Human-livestock interactions : the stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively-farmed animals / / Paul H. Hemsworth and Grahame J. Coleman.

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Year of Publication:2011
Edition:2nd ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:ix, 194 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.