The Welfare of Cattle

• Main Authors: Rushen, Jeffrey (Author), Passillé, Anne Marie de (Author), Keyserlingk, Marina A. G. von (Author), Weary, Daniel M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Animal Welfare, 5
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Veterinary medicine.; Behavioral sciences.; Zoology.; Animal genetics.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Animal Physiology.; Behavioral Sciences.; Veterinary Medicine.

Animal welfare is attracting increasing interest worldwide, but particularly from those in developed countries, who now have the knowledge and resources to be able to offer the best management systems for their farm animals, as well as potentially being able to offer plentiful resources for companio...

Table of Contents:

• Indicators of Animal Welfare
• Introduction: What is Animal Welfare?
• Health, Disease, and Productivity
• Stress and Physiological Indicators of Animal Welfare
• Animal Behaviour
• Challenges to Animal Welfare
• Acute or Short-Term Challenges to Animal Welfare
• Housing for Adult Cattle
• Housing for Growing Animals
• Feeding and Nutrition
• Stockmanship and the Interactions between People and Cattle
• Conclusions.