This book contains 18 chapters that discuss welfare issues at slaughter; tradeoffs balancing livestock and poultry welfare concerns with the commercial reality of slaughter; conditioning of animals an arrival at the abattoir and their management during lairage; bruising in cattle; behavioural...

This chapter provides an overview of the status of livestock as a food source for humans, and describes the impact of livestock production on land use, biodiversity, and greenhouse gas emissions. It also discusses the negative impact on human health of antibiotic use in livestock production....

Goat production is linked to our social, cultural, economic and ecological heritage. Although mainly oriented towards agri-food production, goats are also farmed for textile fibre production, and play an important role in the preservation of rural livelihoods, land fertilization and grazing as a...

This chapter discusses the working equids′ (horses, donkeys and mules) context; welfare consequences of working equids being pushed to their biological limits (access to food and water, shelter, management of disease and injuries, handling and management practices, behaviour, appropriate workloads...

This chapter discusses the importance of husbandry; Judeo-Christian teachings on animal treatment; Islamic teachings on animal treatment; Taoist Confucianism and Buddhist teachings; sustainability issues; agricultural industrial revolution; threshold of biotechnology revolution; and principle of...

In this chapter the author gives his general advice to all cat owners on the following: basic behavioural and welfare needs of cats, shelters and catteries requirements, husbandry and general care procedures, hygiene, adoption and foster care.

This chapter focuses on significance of scientific papers on animal nutrition as well as on its limitations particularly on the aspect that most of the results are based on the authors subjective interpretation. Highlights of this chapter focus on how to extend the value of scientific papers...

This chapter discusses the indoor housing, outdoor cage construction and resident predatory bird care. The appropriate perching, basic cage construction details, minimum requirements for caging, resident bird husbandry basics and common husbandry problems are highlighted.

A complete list of the behaviours that chickens exhibit under natural conditions is termed an ethogram. This chapter will not consider the precise structural elements or neurological mechanisms that underpin behaviour, but will focus primarily on the causation and function of broader behavioural...

Animal Science Reviews provides scientists and students in the field with timely analysis on key topics in current research. These chapters were originally published online in CAB Reviews. This volume makes available in printed form the reviews in animal science published during 2011.