Efficient Livestock Handling: The Practical Application of Animal Welfare and Behavioral Science

by Bonnie V. Beaver, Don Höglund MS, DVM

Overview

Efficient Livestock Handling: The Practical Application of Animal Welfare and Behavioral Science brings together the science-based disciplines of animal behavior and welfare to discuss how knowledge of one area (behavior) can be used to promote the other. Emphasis is on cattle and horses, but swine, sheep, and goats are also covered.

Three major areas are included and integrated into a practical approach to working with the various species. Basic behavior as it applies to handling is discussed, with differences noted between species. The connections of behavior and handling are covered, and practical applications discussed, both with a liberal use of pictures and videos to bring the concepts to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124186705
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/30/2015
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Professor, BS, DVM, MS, DACVB Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Recognized internationally, Dr. Beaver has given more than 250 presentations, authored more than 175 articles and 9 books on animal welfare and behavior. She has been president of the American Veterinary Society for Animal Behavior, American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, American College of Animal Welfare, and American Veterinary Medical Association and served on special advisory committees for USDHEW, National Research Council, PEW National Veterinary Education Program, and ILAR. Honors include Distinguished Practitioner-National Academies of Practice, AVMA Animal Welfare Award, Friskies PetCare Award, Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year Award, Legend in Veterinary Medicine (1 of 12), and an honorary DSc degree.

Dr. Beaver also co-authored Efficient Livestock Handling: The Practical Application of Animal Welfare and Behavioral Science (2015) and was a section editor for the highly respected Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (which won the PROSE Award and CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title), both published by Elsevier/Academic Press.

Table of Contents

1. Historical Perspectives of Livestock Handling2. Behavior as It Relates to Handling3. Genetics, Environments, and Hormones4. Learning5. Horse Handling: Practical Applications of Science6. Dairy Cattle Handling: Practical Applications of Science7. Beef Cattle Handling: Practical Applications of Science8. Swine Handling: Practical Applications of Science9. Sheep and Goat Handling: Practical Applications of Science

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Brings together animal behavior and animal welfare research to demonstrate how knowledge of the former can promote the latter, and includes discussions on cattle and horses, swine, sheep, and goats

Editorial Reviews

"In summary, I feel that the objectives of the book were extremely worthy; and I am sincerely disappointed that it did not entirely achieve its goals. As a consequence of its various deficiencies, I think that naïve readers of this text would experience some confusion and thus not be ready to move forward in evidence-based efficient livestock handling." —Animal Welfare 2017, 26

"The horse and dairy chapters are most useful with good examples and excellent graphics." —Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

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