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Human-livestock Interaction: Stockperson and the Productivity and Welfare of Intensively Farmed Animals
 
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Human-livestock Interaction: Stockperson and the Productivity and Welfare of Intensively Farmed Animals (Hardcover)

by P.H. Hemsworth (Author), G.J. Coleman (Author)
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"This book provides scientific proof that good stockmanship and kind treatment will improve productivity of intensively raised pigs, dairy cows, and poultry. . . . [T]he authors review the results of many studies that indicate low productivity in animals that are fearful of their caretakers. . . . Surveys conducted on large dairies and pig farms in Australia indicated that people who enjoyed working with animals had more productive cows and pigs. . . . The key part the stockperson plays is highlighted . . . The authors call for improvement in the training of stockpersons, and ask that stockpersons 'be treated as professionals' and 'receive due recognition for the central role they play in animal productivity and welfare.' Veterinarians could use this book as documentation to counter the trend of understaffing operations on large farms. It is impossible for a stockperson to do a good job if he or she is overloaded with work."--Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association


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Ever since the earliest days of animal agriculture, it has been recognized that the stockperson caring for livestock plays a crucial role in managing their health, productivity and welfare. However, until recently very little research had been conducted to assess and quantify this and to evaluate the implications for the training of stockpersons. This book applies scientific rigour to the subject. It considers the full range of human characteristics which have implications for animal performance and welfare, and quantifies these effects. It then provides details of and the rationale for training and selection programmes to manipulate these human characteristics in the animal industries in order to improve animal performance and welfare. The book provides a contribution to the literature and should interest workers in animal production and veterinary science, as well as applied psychologists and ethologists.

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