The Welfare of Farmed Ratites

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Glatz, Phil (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Lunam, Christine (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Malecki, Irek (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Έκδοση: First.
• Σειρά: Animal Welfare, 11
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Animal ecology.; Zoology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Life Sciences.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Animal Ecology.

This volume reviews, for the first time, the broad range of issues that affect the welfare of commercially farmed ratites.  Although ratites incorporate several families of flightless birds this book focuses on the most commonly farmed ratites, the ostrich, emu and rhea. The readers are taken on a j...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Ethics of Farming Flightless Birds
• Breeder Welfare – The Past, Present and Future
• Natural Mating and Artificial Insemination
• Incubation and Chick Rearing
• Ostrich Nutrition and Welfare
• Welfare Issues Associated with Ratite Husbandry Practices
• The Structure and Sensory Innervation of the Integument of Ratites
• Ratite Movement
• Ratite Health – Welfare Implications
• Bird Handling, Transportation, Lairage and Slaughter: Implications for Bird Welfare and Meat Quality
• Ratite Conservation: Linking Captive-Release and Welfare.