Format:
1 Online-Ressource (208 pages)
ISBN:
9789086865918
Content:
The objective of this book is to provide a scientifically-based outline for how to evaluate the welfare of pigs at a farm level. Attention is focused on the assessment of the validation of the inferred indicators and parameters, and the validity, reliability and the feasibility of the measuring methods.The book includes mainly animal-based parameters, although other environmentally-based and management-based parameters are also described. These issues are elaborated by well-known experts in their field of work, i.e. fundamental and applied research on all aspects related to the production of pigs. This unique approach has added-value compared to other books because ideas developed in laboratory conditions are discussed here in relation to constraints experienced in field work.Readers from various disciplines will find this critical analysis of the on-farm monitoring of pig welfare useful in relation to the development of certification procedures, the evaluation of production systems (farm, transport, slaughter), the analysis and solving of welfare related problems and in the development of new research projects
Content:
Intro -- Table of contents -- 1. General introduction -- Rony Geers -- 2. Lying behaviour (location, posture and duration) -- Rony Geers -- 3. Lying down and standing up behaviour -- Bernhard Hörning -- 4. Fear of humans -- Hans Spoolder -- 5. Stereotypies -- Frank Tuyttens -- 6. Apathy -- Françoise Wemelsfelder -- 7. Agonistic behaviour -- Antonio Velarde -- 8. Tail biting, ear biting and cannibalism -- Marc Bracke -- 9. Vulva biting -- Marc Bracke -- 10. Surgical interventions -- Valerie Courboulay -- 11. Bursitis -- Valerie Courboulay -- 12. Skin lesions -- Antonio Velarde -- 13. Lameness -- Antonio Velarde -- 14. Mortality -- Frank Tuyttens -- 15. Illness status -- Kamara Scott1, Sandra A. Edwards1, Veerle Hautekiet2 and Liesbet Van Steenbergen2 -- 16. Reproduction problems -- Sandra A. Edwards -- 17. Body condition score -- Valerie Courboulay -- 18. Cleanliness -- Valerie Courboulay -- 19. Space allowance -- Bernhard Hörning -- 20. Quality, type and amount of bedding -- Bernhard Hörning -- 21. Floor type -- Bernhard Hörning -- 22. Recreational devices -- Marc Bracke -- 23. Environmental temperature -- Rony Geers -- 24. Other environmental parameters -- Rony Geers -- 25. Quality of stockpersonship -- Susanne Waiblinger1 and Hans Spoolder2 -- 26. Remote monitoring -- Rony Geers -- 27. Welfare parameters related to welfare needs -- Marc Bracke -- 28. Guidelines to develop a monitoring tool for on farm application -- 29. Acknowledgement to COST Action 846 -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789086860258
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Velarde, A On farm monitoring of pig welfare Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers,c2007 ISBN 9789086860258
Language:
English
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