Advances in Pig Welfare analyzes current topical issues in the key areas of pig welfare assessment and improvement. With coverage of both recent developments and reviews of historical welfare issues, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of the field. Divided into six sections, the book opens with an introduction to pig welfare research. Section two moves on to review the needs of pigs, including chapters on the physical environment and the social and emotional needs of the animals. The third section covers the key welfare issues in the pig's lifecycle, from birth to slaughter, with coverage of waning, aggression, and pig-human interactions. Emerging topics, such as prenatal stress, individual differences, and organic farming are the focus of section four. The fifth section covers assessment of pig welfare and the attitudes towards pig welfare amongst farmers and other stakeholders. The book concludes with a summary section provided by the editor. With an international team of contributors and a distinguished editor, this book will provide a complete reference for practicing vets involved in welfare assessment, welfare research scientists and students, and anyone with a professional interest in the welfare of pigs. Provides in-depth reviews of emerging topics, research, and applications in pig welfareAnalyzes on-farm assessment of pig welfare, an extremely important marker for the monitoring of real welfare impacts of any changes in husbandry systemsEdited by a leader in the field of pig welfare, with contributing experts from veterinary science, welfare academia, and practitioners in industry INDICE: Part I: Introduction 1. History of pig welfare research and implementation 2. Overview of commercial pig production systems and their main welfare challenges Part II: Pigs and their needs 3. Domestication of pigs 4. Pigs and physical environment 5. The social pig 6. The cognitive and emotional pig Part III: Pig welfare hot spots from birth to slaughter 7. Sow welfare in the farrowing crate and alternatives 8. Piglet mortality and morbidity 9. Piglet weaning 10. Routine painful practices in piglets 11. Tail biting 12. Manipulatable materials 13. Sow lameness and injuries 14. Aggression in group housed sows and fattening pigs 15. Mitigating hunger in pregnant sows 16. Pig-human interactions 17. Handling and transport of pigs 18. Slaughter of pigs Part IV: Pig welfare emerging topics 19. Breeding for pig welfare 20. Prenatal stress and prenatal rearing 21. Environmental enrichment and early socialization for piglets 22. Pig individual differences and welfare 23. Welfare issues in organic farming 24. Pigs as laboratory animals Part V: Pig welfare assessment and attitudes 25. On-farm and post-mortem pig health status assessment 26. Assessment of pig behaviour and emotions 27. Automated monitoring of behaviour and disease 28. Attitudes towards pig welfare among farmers and other stakeholders Part VI: Summary 29. Dynamic pig welfare: advances in progress, current gridlocks and emerging developments
- ISBN: 978-0-08-101012-9
- Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 576
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés