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Advances in Pig Welfare
About this book
Advances in Pig Welfare, Second Edition continues its complete coverage of key areas of pig welfare assessment, management and improvement. The book covers both recent developments and reviews of historical welfare issues, with 12 new chapters addressing the most relevant and significant issues from a global perspective. Sections review the needs of pigs, including chapters on the physical environment and the social and emotional needs of the animals, key welfare issues in the pig's lifecycle from birth to slaughter, including weaning, aggression and pig-human interactions, and emerging topics such as prenatal stress, individual differences and organic farming.
Final sections cover pig welfare and attitudes towards pig welfare amongst farmers and other stakeholders. Written by an international team of leaders in the field, the book continues to be a useful resource for practicing vets involved in welfare assessment, welfare research scientists and students, and indeed anyone with a professional interest in the welfare of pigs.
- Provides the most recent research findings related to pig welfare
- Includes factors that affect pig welfare, how to practically control these factors, and the impact that these factors have on animal health
- New chapters include topics on affective states, economics, sow longevity, environmental enrichment, climate change, farmer perspectives and precision livestock technologie
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Yes, you can access Advances in Pig Welfare by Irene Camerlink,Emma M. Baxter in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Zoology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Advances in Pig Welfare
- 1 Pigs’ needs and wants
- 2 Pain in pigs: Characterisation and indicators
- 3 Stress in pigs: History, assessment, and interpretation
- 4 Affective states and cognition in pigs
- 5 Positive welfare: What does it add to the debate over pig welfare?
- 6 Overview of commercial pig production systems and their main welfare challenges
- 7 Mitigating hunger in pregnant sows
- 8 Sow longevity
- 9 Sow welfare in farrowing systems
- 10 Piglet mortality and morbidity: Inevitable or unacceptable?
- 11 Lifetime consequences of the early physical and social environment of piglets
- 12 Managing tail biting in pigs: Preventing risk factors or docking tails?
- 13 Gaining and maintaining interest: Recent advances in enrichment for pigs
- 14 Aggression in group-housed sows, weaners, and grower-finisher pigs
- 15 Transport of pigs to slaughter and associated handling
- 16 Slaughter of pigs
- 17 On-farm and post-mortem health assessment
- 18 Pig-human interactions: Creating a positive perception of humans to ensure pig welfare
- 19 Breeding for pig welfare: Opportunities and challenges
- 20 Precision livestock farming and technology in pig husbandry
- 21 Pigs as laboratory animals
- 22 How much do people care about pig welfare, and how much will they pay for it?
- 23 Global developments in pig welfare: From legislation to market-driven change
- 24 The economics of pig welfare
- 25 Effects of climate change on pig welfare
- 26 Farmer attitudes towards pig welfare
- Index