| Description |
xviii, 269 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Woodhead Publishing series in food science, technology and nutrition
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| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
1 Cognition as a cause, consequence, and component of welfare -- 2 Genetics and genomics of animal welfare -- 3 Animal ethics : probing the philosophical issues -- 4 Animal welfare and environmental issues -- 5 Animal welfare and food safety in modern animal production -- 6 Science in the real world-benefits for researchers and farmers -- 7 Animal welfare : translating science into practice -- 8 Perspectives on the emerging role of US veterinarians in education, policy, politics, and research -- 9 The perspective of the World Organisation for Animal Health -- 10 Perspective from Asia, Far East and Oceania, and the Middle East -- 11 Perspective from Latin America -- 12 Slaughter without stunning -- 13 Urban agriculture |
| Summary |
Advances in agricultural animal welfare explores developments in the key areas of farm animal welfare assessment and improvement. The reviews in the volume address topical issues related to animal welfare science and the benefits and constraints associated with that science being translated into policy and practice. Divided into five sections, the book opens by reviewing recent advances in animal welfare science related to animal cognition and genetics and genomics. Part II then examines how current approaches to improving animal welfare align or conflict with other aspects of the sustainability of animal agriculture, with chapters on animal ethics, environmental issues, and food safety. Part III explores the process of translating science into policy and practice and the role of veterinarians, followed by discussion about the global achievability of farm animal welfare standards in part IV. Finally, Part V highlights two emerging animal welfare issues, slaughter without stunning and the rise of urban animal agriculture. |
| Subject |
Animal welfare
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Animal culture
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Animal industry -- Moral and ethical aspects
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| Alt Author |
Mench, Joy A.
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| ISBN |
9780081012154 (hbk.) |
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