Cattle behaviour and welfare / Clive Phillips.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell Science, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780632056453 (pbk.) :
- 0632056452(pbk.)
- Cattle behaviour [Other title]
- 636.2083 PHI
- SF202
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 636.2083 PHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 201550 |
Previous ed.: published as Cattle behaviour. Tonbridge: Farming Press, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-257) and index.
Introduction to cattle welfare -- 2.The welfare of dairy cows -- 3.The welfare of beef cattle and draft oxen -- 4.The welfare of calves -- 5.The welfare of cattle during transport, marketing and slaughter -- 6.Environmental perception and cognition -- 7.Acquisition of behaviour and the use of selective breeding to improve welfare -- 8.Play behaviour -- 9.Social behaviour -- 10.Nutritional behaviour -- 11.Reproductive behaviour -- 12.Locomotion and movement -- 13.Resting behaviour -- 14.Behavioural adaptation to inadequate environments -- 15.The relationship between cattle and man.
Updating the author's 1993 edition, this book shows veterinarians and stockpeople how to deal with the welfare of cattle and how to recognise and treat abnormal behaviour.