Farm Animal Behaviour and Welfare [OP]: Characteristics for Assessment of Health and Welfare

Animal behavior is the basis for ascertaining welfare and is a topic of ever growing importance. This undergraduate-level textbook is organized into three sections covering all major farm animals of the world, both mainstream and specialist: large farm animal species (horses, cattle, swine, sheep and goats), poultry and farmed birds and non-domesticated animals such as deer. Each chapter describes the elements of behavior of a particular species in a clear and uniform format. Background to domestication, innate and learned behavior, social behavior, mating behavior, activity patterns, senses, behavior in the young animal, vision and hearing are all covered for each species. Understanding of ethological knowledge is necessary both as an aid for diagnosis, and for the assessment of health and welfare in the single animal or a group of animals, making the book valuable for veterinary practitioners as well as students at university and tertiary level. Contents Preface Acknowledgements PART I: DOMESTICATED MAMMALS 1 Horses (Equus caballus) 2 Swine (Sus scrofa) 3 Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) 4 Cattle (Bos taurus) 5 Sheep (Ovis aries) 6 Goats (Capra hircus) PART II: DOMESTICATED BIRDS 7 Domestic Fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) 8 Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) 9 Geese (Anser anser f. domesticus, Anser cygnoides f. domesticus) 10 Ducks: Domestic Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) and Muscovy Ducks (Cairina moschata) PART III: NON-DOMESTICATED FARMED ANIMALS 11 Deer: Fallow Deer (Dama dama) and Red Deer (Cervus elephus) 12 Ratites: Ostrich (Struthio camelus), Rhea or Nandu (Rhea americana) and Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Glossary A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U W References Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Animal behaviour is the basis for ascertaining their welfare and is a topic of ever growing importance. This undergraduate-level textbook is organised into three sections covering all major farm animals of the world, both mainstream and specialist: large farm animal species (horses, cattle, swine, sheep and goats), poultry and farmed birds and non-domesticated animals such as deer. Each chapter describes the elements of behaviour of a particular species in a clear and uniform format. Background to domestication, innate and learnt behaviour, social behaviour, mating behaviour, activity patterns Farm Animal Behaviour provides essential information on normal and stereotypic behaviours in a wide variety of farm animals to help in the assessment and diagnosis of their welfare, and is for students in veterinary and animal sciences.