Livestock Handling and Transport

Livestock Handling and Transport

by Adrian BarberFaith Baier Keith Belk and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 18/10/2019

Share This eBook:

  $84.99

Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Dr Temple Grandin, this practical book integrates scientific research and industry literature on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, and horses, in both the developed and developing world, to provide a practical guide to humane handling and minimizing animal stress. Reviewing the latest research on transport systems, restraint methods and facilities for farms and slaughterhouses, this fully updated fifth edition of Livestock Handling and Transport includes five new chapters: The Introduction, Genetics and Handling, Goat Handling and Transport, Robotic Milking, and Transport of Livestock by Sea. There is also new coverage of temperament testing and change, the principles of good stockmanship as well as including new video material to further explain key information contained in the book. Key features include: - Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Temple Grandin. - Two new chapters on the testing and control of temperament and the principles of good stockmanship. - Online videos to further illustrate the key points.

ISBN:
9781786399182
9781786399182
Category:
Veterinary medicine: large animals (domestic / farm)
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
18-10-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
CABI
Anna Johnson

Anna Johnson is a senior lecturer in architecture with RMIT School of Architecture & Urban design. Her research, teaching and design practice has been concerned with relationships of landscape, context and architecture, as well as in narrative and architecture. She is also an author of several books on Architecture including Living in The Landscape, coauthored with Richard Black and published by Thames & Hudson 2016.

This item is delivered digitally

Reviews

Be the first to review Livestock Handling and Transport.