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Understanding the Behaviour and Improving the Welfare of Pigs
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Understanding the Behaviour and Improving the Welfare of Pigs

BookHardcover
Ranking79840in
CHF301.00

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This collection reviews the genetic and developmental factors that affect pig behaviour and assesses ways of optimising pig welfare at different stages of production, from breeding to slaughter.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-78676-443-0
Product TypeBook
BindingHardcover
Publishing date16/02/2021
SeriesBurleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Series no.96
Pages596 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 157 mm, Height 235 mm, Thickness 36 mm
Weight1004 g
Article no.7722421
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.33348018
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Dr Sandra Edwards is Emerita Professor in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. Professor Edwards is widely regarded as one of the world s leading experts on pig welfare with over 200 publications in the field. She has won numerous awards, including from organisations such as UFAW, EAAP, RSPCA and BSAS. She is a former President of the British Society of Animal Science, a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, as well as a former member of the UK Farm Animal Welfare Council and the Animal Health and Welfare Panel of the European Food Safety Agency. Yolande Seddon is an Assistant Professor of Swine Behaviour and Welfare at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada and the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Swine Welfare. Dr. Seddon s research focuses on the behaviour and welfare of farmed pigs and explores the interactions between management, pig behaviour, welfare and productivity, with a strong multidisciplinary and applied research approach. Dr Sandra Edwards is Emerita Professor in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. Professor Edwards is widely regarded as one of the world s leading experts on pig welfare with over 200 publications in the field. She has won numerous awards, including from organisations such as UFAW, EAAP, RSPCA and BSAS. She is a former President of the British Society of Animal Science, a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, as well as a former member of the UK Farm Animal Welfare Council and the Animal Health and Welfare Panel of the European Food Safety Agency. Dr Sandra Düpjan completed her doctoral thesis at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Germany. Her research typically focuses on bioacoustics and the assessment of affective states in the context of animal welfare.

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