Nutrition and the Welfare of Farm Animals /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Phillips, Clive J. C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Animal Welfare, 16
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword (Phillips)
  • Introduction on welfare and nutrition (Phillips)
  • Hunger associated with restricted feeding systems (Tolkamp & D'Eath)
  • Starvation of ruminant livestock (Hogan & Phillips)
  • The use of feeding behaviour in the assessment of animal welfare (Nielsen, de Jong & DeVries)
  • Nutrition affects immune function and inflammatory responses, with implications for health and welfare (Bertoni, Trevisi, Jos, Luigi & Spiridoula)
  • Assessing Farm Animal Welfare from a Nutritional Perspective (Bach, von Keyserlingk, Widowski & Haley)
  • Integrating nutrition and animal welfare in extensive systems (Villalba, Manteca, Vercoe, Maloney & Blache)
  • Feeding cattle for improved productivity, health, and welfare in modern farming enterprises (Beever & Bach)
  • Water and the welfare of farm animals (von Keyserlingk, Nielsen, Patience & Philips)
  • Providing feed to livestock during emergencies (Roeder)
  • Animal welfare, nutrition and economics: past, present and future (Phillips & Makkar).