Editors:
- This is the first book that is solely devoted to an examination of the welfare of ratites
- Reveals some of mysteries of farmed flightless birds, and discusses how they cope in a farming environment
- State-of-the-art contents with valuable text for scientists, students, welfare groups and industry leaders
Part of the book series: Animal Welfare (AWNS, volume 11)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This volume reviews, for the first time, the broad range of issues that affect the welfare of commercially farmed ratites. Although ratites incorporate several families of flightless birds this book focuses on the most commonly farmed ratites, the ostrich, emu and rhea. The readers are taken on a journey through all sectors of the industry, which include breeding, incubation, hatching, brooding, rearing, growth, transport and processing, with an emphasis on husbandry and management protocols that can impact bird welfare and health. Also discussed is the structure and sensory innervation of the skin and digits of the birds, and the potential welfare implications of industry practices on these structures. Each chapter in this volume focuses on a particular aspect of the commercial farming of ratites with contributing authors from a broad range of disciplines.
Editors and Affiliations
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, South Australian Research and Developmen, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, Australia
Phil Glatz
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, Sensory Nervous System Laboratory, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Christine Lunam
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, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Irek Malecki
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Welfare of Farmed Ratites
Editors: Phil Glatz, Christine Lunam, Irek Malecki
Series Title: Animal Welfare
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19297-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-19296-8Published: 01 June 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26851-9Published: 03 August 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-19297-5Published: 30 May 2011
Series ISSN: 1572-7408
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 266
Topics: Zoology, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Animal Ecology, Agriculture