Livestock production and society:

The objective of this book is to provide a scientific-based, multidisciplinary perspective to the dialogue between society and the stakeholders within livestock production. Concerns and problems related to food safety, animal welfare and rural environment are discussed within a holistic approach. Th...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers 2006
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Zusammenfassung:The objective of this book is to provide a scientific-based, multidisciplinary perspective to the dialogue between society and the stakeholders within livestock production. Concerns and problems related to food safety, animal welfare and rural environment are discussed within a holistic approach. This unique approach has an added-value compared to other books which cover these topics from a specialist point of view. The different issues are developed by well-known experts in their field of work. They are dealing with the latest developments in livestock production in relation to social concerns (such as, regulations, risk communication, reduction of environmental impact, sustainability and economic and social impacts of alternative strategies) and production systems (including transport and slaughter, feeding strategies, waste management and future monitori
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Part A. Social concerns -- 1. Regional patterns of livestock and poultry production in Europe -- 2. Values and culture in society: origins and relationship with livestock -- 3. Public perception of food safety -- 4. Ethical views concerning how to treat animals -- Part B. EU regulations: socio-economic impact -- 5. Livestock and regulation -- 6. Regulations on environment -- 7. The impacts of the new EU directive for laying hen husbandry on the production and trade patterns for eggs and egg products in the EU -- Part C. The way forward taking into account environmental preservation and animal welfare -- 8. Sustainable agriculture or sustainable development? -- 9. Nutritional approaches to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus and trace elements in pig manure -- 10. Environmental preservation by adapting diets for dairy cows -- 11. Ammonia reduction from dairy houses -- 12. Ammonia reduction in pigs -- 13. Influence of bioscrubbers and biofilters on the emission of bioaerosols from animal houses -- 14. Manure management and treatment: an overview of the options -- 15. Welfare evaluation in farm animals -- 16. Animal welfare aspects -- the technical challenge during housing, transport and slaughter: poultry -- 17. Animal welfare aspects -- the technical challenge during housing, transport and slaughter: pigs -- 18. Animal welfare aspects -- the technical challenge during housing, transport and slaughter: dairy cows -- 19. Alternative production systems -- 20. Automatic on-line monitoring of animals by Precision Livestock Farming -- Postface -- Index
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ISBN:9789086865673
9086865674
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-567-3

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