Cattle Behaviour and Welfare

About this book

Cattle are one of our major domesticated animals, a higher mammal with complex mental and physical needs. The benefit of a knowledge of cattle behaviour means veterinarians and stockpeople can recognise abnormal behaviour signs for disease diagnosis and indication of an inadequate environment. This book replaces the book Cattle Behaviour, written by the same author and published by Farming Press in 1993. The text has been revised and updated and four new chapters on cattle welfare have been added. The main interest of many reading a book on behaviour is its relation to the welfare of the species, so the combination of welfare and behaviour is a logical one.

Contents

Preface 1. Introduction to Cattle Welfare 2. The Welfare of Dairy Cows 3. The Welfare of Beef Cattle and Draft Oxen 4. The Welfare of Calves 5. The Welfare of Cattle During Transport, Marketing and Slaughter 6. Environmental Perception and Cognition 7. Acquisition of Behaviour and the Use of Selective Breeding to Improve Welfare 8. Play Behaviour 9. Social Behaviour 10. Nutritional Behaviour 11. Reproductive Behaviour 12. Locomotion and Movement 13. Resting Behaviour 14. Behavioural Adaptation to Inadequate Environments 15. The Relationship Between Cattle and Man References Index

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