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Understanding the Behaviour and Improving the Welfare of Dairy Cattle
Author: MILLER-CUSHON ENDRES
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Published: 2021-01-26
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781786764591
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Information Resources on the Care and Welfare of Dairy Cattle
Author: Cynthia Petrie Smith
Publisher:
Published: 2002
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In recent years a number of issues regarding the care and welfare of dairy cattle have been examined. The following document explores current issues regarding the social and physical environment of dairy cattle. Modern management practices such as the use of bovine somatotrophin (BST) to increase milk production, tail docking, and the use of new milking technologies are reviewed as well. An extensive bibliography covering the behavior, breeding, feeding, health, housing, and husbandry is included. This publication is intended for use by animal scientists, veterinarians, extension agents, and others with an interest in dairy cattle production.
Information Resources on the Care and Welfare of Beef Cattle
Author: Cynthia Petrie Smith
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the main animal welfare concerns in beef cattle production is that of pain and distress. Dehorning, castration, and branding are husbandry procedures which can cause pain and discomfort. Less acute but still distressful are those issues related to the animal environment. Extreme natural conditions can result in cattle that are heat and/or cold stressed. Drought and the resulting overstocking for available feed resources can also reduce body fatness. These are important welfare issues in modern beef production. The following bibliography explores these issues and more and should provide a useful resource for scientists, veterinarians, extension specialists, students, and others.
Information Resources on the Care and Welfare of Beef Cattle
Cow Talk
Author: Rebecca Doyle
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2015-02-03
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1486301622
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The aim of this manual is to improve the welfare of dairy cattle in tropical developing countries, and by doing so, optimise cow and herd performance. It gives the stockmen and farmers directly concerned with the cattle a better understanding of animal behaviour and the ways cattle communicate their comfort or distress. The book discusses normal cattle behaviour and shows how domestication and breeding can affect behaviour to achieve high levels of production of milk, live weight gain and fertility. Animal welfare is important for producers because it can affect the health, production and contentment of cows. Animal welfare practices which adversely affect cow and herd performance on tropical small holder dairy farms are identified. Advice is then given to change the animal's environment or modify a handler's technique to ensure cattle have the degree of comfort needed to achieve more profitable and sustainable systems of livestock farming. Cow Talk will be a beneficial resource for farmers who want to improve animal welfare, farm advisers who can assist farmers to improve their welfare practices, educators who develop training programs for farmers and dairy advisers, and other stakeholders in tropical dairy production such as local agribusiness, policy makers and research scientists.
Information Resources on the Care and Welfare of Beef Cattle
Author: Cynthia Petrie Smith
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the main animal welfare concerns in beef cattle production is that of pain and distress. Dehorning, castration, and branding are husbandry procedures which can cause pain and discomfort. Less acute but still distressful are those issues related to the animal environment. Extreme natural conditions can result in cattle that are heat and/or cold stressed. Drought and the resulting overstocking for available feed resources can also reduce body fatness. These are important welfare issues in modern beef production. The following bibliography explores these issues and more and should provide a useful resource for scientists, veterinarians, extension specialists, students, and others.
Animal Welfare Information Center Bulletin
Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics
Author: Kenneth R. Valpey
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-11-02
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 3030284085
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This open access book provides both a broad perspective and a focused examination of cow care as a subject of widespread ethical concern in India, and increasingly in other parts of the world. In the face of what has persisted as a highly charged political issue over cow protection in India, intellectual space must be made to bring the wealth of Indian traditional ethical discourse to bear on the realities of current human-animal relationships, particularly those of humans with cows. Dharma, yoga, and bhakti paradigms serve as starting points for bringing Hindu—particularly Vaishnava Hindu—animal ethics into conversation with contemporary Western animal ethics. The author argues that a culture of bhakti—the inclusive, empathetic practice of spirituality centered in Krishna as the beloved cowherd of Vraja—can complement recently developed ethics-of-care thinking to create a solid basis for sustaining all kinds of cow care communities.
Information Resources on Swine Housing, Care and Welfare
Author: Cynthia Petrie Smith
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 244
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Stockperson training represents an integral component of any successful farm operation. This resource guide was developed to assist swine producers, farm managers, extension specialists, and others in locating educational resources regarding swine housing, care, and welfare. The guide contains a detailed listing of training materials, books, selected web pages, and an extensive bibliography. Farm managers, extension agents, and others, are encouraged to be creative with the resources listed and integrate their use into their regular farm training programs.
