Animal breeding
Poultry Behaviour and Welfare
Barry O Hughes. Edited by Michael C Appleby, Joy A Mench.
Description
This authoritative textbook provides an introduction and guide to poultry behaviour and welfare. It describes the origin and biology of the various species of bird that are of agricultural importance, as well as giving a succinct overview of their key behaviour patterns. There is careful discussion of the many factors that influence their welfare, and detailed consideration of the ways in which legislation and commercial interests interact in an attempt to satisfy the many needs involved. The final chapters discuss possible future developments within the subject. The book is in part an update of a previous work, Poultry Production Systems: Behaviour, Management and Welfare (CABI, 1992), completely rewritten and with much new material added.
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"I had a copy of this volume before the review copy arrived and the second reading in preparing this review was time well spent." Paul B Siegel, Virginia Tech "Overall, the book's easy-to-follow structure, simple layout and well-written text make this an accessible and highly useful book for anyone with an interest in the production, behaviour or welfare of poultry. This book makes a valuable contribution towards our understanding of the challenges ahead, and for this reason I thoroughly recommend it to all who have a commercial interest in poultry as well as legislators, animal science students, veterinary surgeons and animal scientists." Dr Melissa Albentosa, Animal Welfare, 14, 2005 "This comprehensive book is well and clearly written, easy and pleasant to read, yet at the same time provocative, providing much food for thought. It is an important source of information for students, teachers and researchers in poultry production as well as farmers and decision makers at political levels". E Baranyiova, Acta Vet. Brno 2006, 75
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- Publisher CAB International
- Publication Date July 2004
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780851996677
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 45 GBP
- Pages288
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2004
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