Overview
- Up-to-date systematic reviews of pig welfare at different stages
- One of the first books to deal exclusively with the welfare of the pig
- Written by 16 leading authors with experience of pig research and production in Europe and N. America
- Summarizes the impact of livestock production on the pig, relative to its natural ecology
Part of the book series: Animal Welfare (AWNS, volume 7)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The domestic pig is perceived as an animal with intelligence and character and yet, in the industrialized world, the majority of people have had little or no contact with them. Pigs are subject to a wide range of environments from the tropics to the sub-arctic, ranging from small-scale, extensive systems to large-scale intensive systems. They may spend their whole life on one farm or may be subject to long-distance transport multiple times. Not surprisingly, many aspects of their life experiences can impact their welfare.
This book brings together a team of leading pig welfare research scientists to review the natural history of the pig, the welfare of pigs at different stages of life and to indicate what the future holds in terms of pig welfare. The text is aimed at researchers and teachers working in veterinary and animal science together with those working in the pig industry and for governmental and non-governmental animal welfare organizations.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Welfare of Pigs
Editors: Jeremy N. Marchant-Forde
Series Title: Animal Welfare
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8909-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8908-4Published: 12 January 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8024-0Published: 22 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8909-1Published: 26 November 2008
Series ISSN: 1572-7408
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 350
Topics: Zoology, Animal Genetics and Genomics, Animal Physiology, Behavioral Sciences, Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science