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This book provides a guide to practical evaluation and auditing of welfare problems for farmed animals, emphasizing the importance of measuring conditions that compromise welfare such as lameness or the use of electric goads. This second edition is fully updated with new literature, new, up-to-date coverage of pain management, and the addition of a new chapter on animal welfare in organic farming systems.

CONTENTS:

SECTION ONE: An Introduction to Implementing an Effective Animal Welfare Program

SECTION TWO: The Importance of Measurement to Improve the Welfare of Livestock, Poultry, and Fish

SECTION THREE: Why is Agricultural Animal Welfare Important? The Social and Ethical Context

SECTION FOUR: Implementing Effective Standards and Scoring Systems for Assessing Animal Welfare on Farms and Slaughter Plants

SECTION FIVE: How to Improve Livestock Handling and Reduce Stress

SECTION SIX: Painful Husbandry Procedures in Livestock and Poultry

SECTION SEVEN: The Importance of Good Stockmanship and Its Benefits to Animals

SECTION EIGHT: Animal Well-being and Behavioural Needs on the Farm

SECTION NINE: Improving Livestock, Poultry, and Fish Welfare in Slaughter Plants with Auditing Programs

SECTION TEN: Recommended On-farm Euthanasia Practices

SECTION ELEVEN: Welfare During Transport of Livestock and Poultry

SECTION TWELVE: Why Are Behavioral Needs Important?

SECTION THIRTEEN: Animal Well-being on Organic Farms

SECTION FOURTEEN: The Effect of Economic Factors on the Welfare of Livestock and Poultry

SECTION FIFTEEN: Improving Animal Care and Welfare: Practical Approaches for Achieving Change

SECTION SIXTEEN: Successful Technology Transfer of Behavioral and Animal Welfare Research to the Farm and Slaughter Plant

SECTION SEVENTEEN: Practical Methods for Improving the Welfare of Horses, Donkeys, Mules, and Other Working Draft Animals in Developing Areas