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Animal welfare and meat production / Neville G. Gregory, and a chapter by Temple Grandin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, [2007]Copyright date: 2007Edition: 2nd editionDescription: x, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781845932152
  • 1845932153
Related works:
  • Preceded by: Gregory, Neville G. Animal welfare and meat science. 1998
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Animal welfare and meat production.DDC classification:
  • 636.0832 GRE 22
Contents:
Animal welfare and the meat market -- Animal welfare in developing countries -- Genetics and animal welfare -- Cattle -- Sheep -- Pigs -- Poultry and rabbits -- Aquaculture -- Other species -- Livestock presentation and welfare before slaughter -- Stunning and slaughter -- Meat quality -- Implementing effective animal welfare auditing programmes / by Temple Gandin -- The future.
Summary: "Animal welfare issues are becoming increasingly prominent in animal production, for both economic and moral reasons. Animal Welfare and Meat Production presents a comprehensive coverage of the relationships and conflicts between the welfare of major food animal species and the commercial needs of the meat and livestock industry." "With focus on recent research and developments, this edition includes new contributions on animal welfare in developing countries, animal genetics and welfare, animal slaughter, aquaculture and auditing standards for assessing welfare at farms and abattoirs."Summary: "It is essential reading for students and practitioners in animal welfare and animal science, and will also be of interest to readers in meat, veterinary and food sciences, and applied ethology."--Jacket.
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Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 636.0832 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 226005

Previous edition: Animal welfare and meat science / Neville G. Gregory ; and a chapter by Temple Grandin. �1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-291) and index.

Animal welfare and the meat market -- Animal welfare in developing countries -- Genetics and animal welfare -- Cattle -- Sheep -- Pigs -- Poultry and rabbits -- Aquaculture -- Other species -- Livestock presentation and welfare before slaughter -- Stunning and slaughter -- Meat quality -- Implementing effective animal welfare auditing programmes / by Temple Gandin -- The future.

"Animal welfare issues are becoming increasingly prominent in animal production, for both economic and moral reasons. Animal Welfare and Meat Production presents a comprehensive coverage of the relationships and conflicts between the welfare of major food animal species and the commercial needs of the meat and livestock industry." "With focus on recent research and developments, this edition includes new contributions on animal welfare in developing countries, animal genetics and welfare, animal slaughter, aquaculture and auditing standards for assessing welfare at farms and abattoirs."

"It is essential reading for students and practitioners in animal welfare and animal science, and will also be of interest to readers in meat, veterinary and food sciences, and applied ethology."--Jacket.

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