Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach

by Temple Grandin (Editor)

Overview

Completely revised, updated and with four new chapters on sustainability, new technologies, precision agriculture and the future of animal welfare, the third edition of this highly successful textbook: Is edited by an outstanding world expert on animal welfare. Emphasizes throughout the importance of measuring conditions that compromise welfare, such as lameness, heat stress, body condition, and bruises during transport. Combines scientific information with practical recommendations for use on commercial operations. Reviews practical information on livestock handling, euthanasia, slaughter, pain relief, and assessments of abnormal behavior. Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach remains essential reading for students and practitioners of ethology, animal and veterinary science, veterinary medicine, as well as those working directly with farm animals and committed to improving their welfare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789245226
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	12/23/2020
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Temple Grandin is Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Dr. Grandins work includes design of animal handling systems, research on livestock behaviour, and auditing animal welfare. She has visited 26 countries and has served on the OIE animal welfare ad hoc committee for slaughter. Her previous livestock books are: Livestock Handling and Transport, Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals and Humane Livestock Handling. Her popular press books on animal behaviour have been both U.S. and international bestsellers. Throughout her career, Dr. Grandin has worked to combine scientific research results with practical application in the field. In the North America half, the cattle are handled in equipment she designed for meat plants. She has received awards for her work on animal welfare from both the livestock industry and animal welfare NGOs. She has swards from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The American Meat Institute, American Society for Animal Science and the Humane Society of the U.S.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii

Preface ix

1 An Introduction to Implementing an Effective Animal Welfare Program Temple Grandin 1

2 The Importance of Measurement to Improve the Welfare of Livestock, Poultry, and Fish Temple Grandin 19

3 Why is Agricultural Animal Welfare Important? The Social and Ethical Context Bernard Rollin 46

4 Implementing Effective Animal-Based Measurements for Assessing Animal Welfare on Farms and Slaughter Plants Temple Grandin 60

5 How to Improve Livestock Handling and Reduce Stress Temple Grandin 84

6 Painful Husbandry Procedures in Livestock and Poultry Kevin J. Stafford David J. Mellor Kurt Vogel 113

7 The Importance of Good Stockmanship and its Benefits to Animals Jeffrey Rushen Anne Marie de Passillé 145

8 Animal Behavior and Emotions - On-farm Considerations Lily N. Edwards-Callaway Tina M. Widowski 160

9 Improving Livestock, Poultry and Fish Welfare in Slaughter Plants with Auditing Programs and Animal-based Measures Temple Grandin 181

10 Recommended On-Farm Euthanasia Practices Jennifer Woods Jan K. Shearer 210

11 Welfare During Transport of Livestock and Poultry Temple Grandin 241

12 Animal Well-being on Organic Farms Hubert J. Karreman Wendy Fulwider 268

13 A Practical Approach on Sustainability for Supply Chain Managers of Meat, Dairy, and Other Animal Proteins Temple Grandin 284

14 The Effect of Economic Factors on the Welfare of Livestock and Poultry Temple Grandin 300

15 Improving Animal Care and Welfare: Practical Approaches for Achieving Change Helen R. Whay Siobhan Mullan David C. Main 314

16 Successful Technology Transfer of Behavioral and Animal Welfare Research to the Farm and Slaughter Plant Temple Grandin 337

17 Future of Animal Welfare - Technological Innovations for individualized Animal Care Upinder Kaur Richard M. Voyles Shawn Donkin 351

18 Technology Designed to Enhance Poultry Welfare Courtney Daigle 363

19 Precision Livestock Farming and Technology in Swine Welfare Madonna Benjamin Steven Yik 376

20 Practical Methods for Improving the Welfare of Equids: Horses, Donkeys, and Mules Amy K. McLean Camie R. Heleski Janice C. Swanson 385

Appendix: Video Library 405

Index 409

Editorial Reviews

"Overall, this book provides a valuable, single first point of reference for those seeking to assess and ensure animal welfare in the own operations, or as a starting point in the development of a welfare assurance process. Tertiary educators will find that the text also serves as a valuable accompaniment to animal welfare courses for animal science and veterinary students studying production animals."

Andrew Fisher

"Drawing on the editor's extensive experience in teaching and auditing, as well as contributions from international experts, this book provides a guide to the practical evaluation and auditing of welfare problems, emphasizing the importance of measuring conditions that compromise welfare."

From the Publisher

"This is an excellent book on applied animal welfare. The book is a good value, and can be recommended for most animal and veterinary science libraries."

Neville G. Gregory

"This is an excellent book on applied animal welfare. The book is a good value, and can be recommended for most animal and veterinary science libraries."

Neville G. Gregory Journal of Agricultural Science