Th is chapter discusses the effects of widely used housing systems on the behaviour and welfare of pigs, including dry sow housing and accommodations for farrowing, piglets after weaning and fattening pigs.

This chapter describes the effects housing systems on the behaviour and welfare of hens kept for egg production and for broilers kept for chicken meat production. Welfare problems in breeding hens, in the rearing of young chickens and in rearing turkeys, ducks and geese are also discussed.

This chapter describes the development of normal physical activity, social behaviour and welfare of foals and adult horses.

The housing and handling of pet birds, reptiles and small mammals are discussed.

This chapter describes the territoriality behaviour (home range and core home range, home range estimates, pastures and stabling and stall environment), spatiality, welfare and spacing (spatial needs and implications for management and sport) of horses.

The pain perception, feeding, stocking, capture, slaughter, diseases, predators, transport and handling of aquacultured fish and special considerations for pet fish are discussed.

This chapter discusses the awareness and pain aspects and problems encountered by the farmed and pet fish such as stocking density; feeding methods; catching and killing methods; environmental quality and enrichment; diseases and parasitism; handling, grading and transport; and predation in...

This fifth edition book is a comprehensive guide to the behaviour and welfare of domestic animals. It provides practical information for those involved with farming, pet animals and veterinary work and reviews scientific information about the assessment of animal welfare, and the evaluation of the...

This chapter outlines some of the abnormal and undesirable behaviours in horses and how to make adaptive responses that considers the welfare of the animal.

This chapter discusses the housing, welfare and diseases of sheep and goats.