Animals and us: 50 years and more of applied ethology

Can we improve the health and welfare of livestock while increasing production? Can we maintain animal biodiversity in the face of increasing demands for resources and expanding agriculture? Can we use animal behaviour to reduce the carbon footprint of livestock production? Applied ethology is a you...

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Weitere Verfasser: Brown, Jennifer A. (HerausgeberIn), Seddon, Yolande M. (HerausgeberIn), Appleby, Michael C. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wageningen, The Netherlands Wageningen Academic Publishers 2016
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Zusammenfassung:Can we improve the health and welfare of livestock while increasing production? Can we maintain animal biodiversity in the face of increasing demands for resources and expanding agriculture? Can we use animal behaviour to reduce the carbon footprint of livestock production? Applied ethology is a young, multidisciplinary science that is relevant to these and other pressing issues. This book celebrates the history and science of applied ethology, and commemorates the 50th anniversary of the International Society for Applied Ethology. Through themes such as human-animal interaction, play behaviour, cognition, evolutionary theory and the relationship between applied ethology and animal welfare science, the book examines why ethologists are so passionate about their work, and why this field remains more exciting now than ever. Chapter authors include world renowned ethologists such as Don Broom, Ian Duncan, Ruth Newberry, and many others. The history of
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
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ISBN:9789086868285
9086868282
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-828-5