Hemsworth, Paul H.

Human-livestock interactions the stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively-farmed animals / [electronic resource] : Paul H. Hemsworth and Grahame J. Coleman. - 2nd ed. - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K. ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI, 2011. - ix, 194 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the stockperson as a professional: skills, knowledge and status -- Farm animal welfare: assessment, issues and implications -- Human-animal interactions and animal productivity and welfare -- Attitudes of stockpeople -- Stockperson behaviour and animal behaviour -- A model of stockperson-animal interactions and their implications for livestock -- Changing stockperson attitudes and behaviour -- Conclusion : current and future opportunities to improve human-animal interactions in livestock production.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Animal industry--Moral and ethical aspects.
Livestock--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal welfare.


Electronic books.

HV4757 / .H46 2011

174/.9636