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Indicators Relevant to Farm Animal Welfare

A Seminar in the CEC Programme of Coordination of Research on Animal Welfare, organized by Dr. D. Smidt, and held in Mariensee, 9–10 November 1982

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  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. D. Smidt

    1. Institut für Tierzucht und Tierverhalten der FAL, Mariensee, Federal Republic of Germany

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine (CTVM, volume 23)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. General Outline

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Animal Welfare Legislation

      • Amin Rojahn, Hans-Dieter Liebieh
      Pages 3-12

    3. The Problem of Assessing “Well-Being” and “Suffering” in Farm Animals

      • I. J. H. Duncan, M. S. Dawkins
      Pages 13-24

    4. Discussion

      • W. Sybesma
      Pages 25-25

  3. Significance of Indicators Relevant to Animal Welfare

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Significance of Physiological Criteria in Assessing Animal Welfare

      • R. Dantzer, P. Mormède, J. P. Henry
      Pages 29-37

    3. Neuroendocrine Strategies for Assessing Welfare Application to Calf Management Systems

      • Pierre Mormède, Rose-Marie Bluthe, Robert Dantzer
      Pages 39-46

    4. Corticosteroids in Welfare Research of Laying Hens

      • G. Beuving
      Pages 47-53

    5. The Sleep-Waking Pattern and Behavior of Pigs Kept in Different Husbandry Systems

      • J. Ladewig, F. Ellendorff
      Pages 55-60

    6. Neurochemistry of Abnormal Behaviour in Farm Animals

      • D.F. Sharman
      Pages 61-65

    7. Discussion

      • P. V. Tarrant
      Pages 66-67

    8. On the Significance of Ethological Criteria for the Assessment of Animal welfare

      • P. R. Wiepkema
      Pages 71-79

    9. Stereotypies as Animal Welfare Indicators

      • D. M. Broom
      Pages 81-87

    10. Ingestive Behaviour and Wing-Flapping in Assessing Welfare of Laying Hens

      • H. B. Simonsen
      Pages 89-95

    11. Behavioural Tests to Quantify Adaptation in Domestic Animals

      • Marina Verga, C. Carenzi
      Pages 97-108

    12. Effect of Social and Environmental Factors on Performance in Gilts, Barrows and Boars

      • Anne Mette Hagelsø, Laurits Lydehøj Hansen
      Pages 109-115

    13. Operant Conditioning in Farm Animals and its Relevance to Welfare

      • B. A. Baldwin
      Pages 117-120

    14. Discussion

      • M. Zanforlin
      Pages 121-121

    15. An Ecopathological Approach for Assessing Risk Factors in Intensive Rearing Systems: Examples from Pig Production

      • J. P. Tillon
      Pages 125-138
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Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Tierzucht und Tierverhalten der FAL, Mariensee, Federal Republic of Germany

    D. Smidt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Indicators Relevant to Farm Animal Welfare

  • Book Subtitle: A Seminar in the CEC Programme of Coordination of Research on Animal Welfare, organized by Dr. D. Smidt, and held in Mariensee, 9–10 November 1982

  • Editors: D. Smidt

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6738-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: ECSC, EEC, EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-6740-3Published: 05 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-6738-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 251

  • Topics: Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science, Animal Ecology

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