Animal welfare and meat production / Neville G. Gregory, and a chapter by Temple Grandin.
Material type: TextPublication details: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : Cabi, c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 299 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781845932152 (pbk.) :
- 1845932153 (pbk.)
- 636.08/32 22
- HV4731 .G74 2007
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Title of previous edition: Animal welfare and meat science.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-291) and index.
Animal welfare and the meat market -- Animal welfare in developing countries -- Genetics and animal welfare -- Cattle -- Sheep -- Pigs -- Poultry and rabbits -- Aquaculture -- Other species -- Livestock presentation and welfare before slaughter -- Stunning and slaughter -- Meat quality -- Implementing effective animal welfare auditing programmes / by Temple Grandin -- The future.
"Animal welfare issues are becoming increasingly prominent in animal production, for both economic and moral reasons. Animal Welfare and Meat Production presents a comprehensive coverage of the relationships and conflicts between the welfare of major food animal species and the commercial needs of the meat and livestock industry." "With focus on recent research and developments, this edition includes new contributions on animal welfare in developing countries, animal genetics and welfare, animal slaughter, aquaculture and auditing standards for assessing welfare at farms and abattoirs.".
"It is essential reading for students and practitioners in animal welfare and animal science, and will also be of interest to readers in meat, veterinary and food sciences, and applied ethology."--BOOK JACKET.
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