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Animal WelfareAn Accessible Overview of the Concept of Sentience Throughout the Animal Kingdom and Why It Matters to HumansAnimal Welfare explores the concept of sentience and the development of sentient minds throughout the animal kingdom. The work provides improved definitions and analysis of the ideas of sentience, cognition, and consciousness, along with evidence of advanced mental formulation in birds, fish, and invertebrates. Considerations between humans and animals are also discussed, such as outcome-based ethics in relation to humans' duties of care and the rights and wrongs of domestication. The work is divided into three parts and covers key topics such as:* Specifics of animal sentience, from pain and suffering, to fear and dread, all the way to animals' social life and the comfort/joy/hope/despair they experience* What we know about the sentience of different classes of animals in the waters, air, savannah/plains, and forests* Considerations on human interactions based on animal sentience, including death (killing), animal farms, animals in laboratories, wild animals in captivity, and animals in sports and entertainment* Analysis on what humans can learn from animals based on what we know about their varying levels of sentienceAnimal Welfare serves as an invaluable analysis of animal sentience for students, teachers, and professionals directly involved in the study, teaching, and applications of animal behavior, motivation, and welfare. Thanks to the wide-ranging implications of animal sentience, the work will also appeal to everyone with a broader interest in animal behavior and human/animal interactions.

A comprehensive and thoroughly revised text on dairy science that contains information on the most recent developmentsThe fully updated third edition of Understanding the Dairy Cow explores the scientific principles that provide a foundation for understanding the animal's body system. The comprehensive text also reveals how to properly manage dairy cattle with economic efficiency whilst taking into consideration the cow's welfare.The revised new edition contains expanded coverage on topics including insight into cow behaviour and welfare, genetic selection indices, new strategies for control of mastitis and lameness and information on the overworked cow. It also contains the most recent developments in breeding, nutrition and management.* Is an authoritative text on the dairy cow that covers a wide-ranging subject area including the science, disease and husbandry* Presents the information and knowledge necessary for the efficient and humane management of cows* Includes expanded coverage on a variety of topics such as cow behaviour and welfare, and genetic selection indices* Highlights major new developments in the fieldCovering both the basics and recent developments in dairy science, Understanding the Dairy Cow 3rd Edition is ideal for students in agriculture and veterinary science and for professionals working in the complex business of dairy farming.

Man controls and dominates the habitat of most animals, both domestic and wild and there is a need for a pragmatic, workable approach to the problem of reconciling animal welfare with economic forces and the needs of man.

There has been an explosion of active concern in matters of animal welfare. The science behind animal welfare has progressed significantly, various codes of practice and legislation have come into to being, and innovative methods to assess welfare schemes for food production have emerged.