Cow Talk: Understanding Dairy Cow Behaviour to Improve Their Welfare on Asian Farms - Couverture souple

Moran, John; Doyle, Rebecca

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1486301614 ISBN 13 : 9781486301614

Editeur : CSIRO Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

The aim of this manual is to improve the welfare of dairy cattle in tropical developing countries, and by doing so to optimise cow and herd performance. It gives the stockmen and farmers directly concerned with the cattle a better understanding of animal behaviour and the ways cattle communicate their comfort or distress. The book discusses normal cattle behaviour and shows how domestication and breeding can affect behaviour to achieve high levels of production of milk, live weight gain and fertility.

Animal welfare is important for producers because it can affect the health, production and contentment of cows. Animal welfare practices which adversely affect cow and herd performance on tropical small holder dairy farms are identified. Advice is then given to change the animal's environment or modify a handler's technique to ensure cattle have the degree of comfort needed to achieve more profitable and sustainable systems of livestock farming.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr John Moran is a consultant with Profitable Dairy Systems, located in Kyabram, Victoria, Australia. His specialist fields include dairy production, ruminant nutrition, calf and heifer rearing, forage conservation and whole farm business management. Since 1999, he has conducted training programs on small holder dairy production to farmers, advisers and policy makers in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar and East Timor. In 2013 he was appointed as the Coordinator of the Asia Dairy Network, an international agency position to facilitate communication and collaboration of dairy industries from 15 countries throughout South and East Asia.

Dr Rebecca Doyle has worked in the area of ruminant welfare since 2007. After completing her PhD in 2010, Rebecca joined Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, NSW, as lecturer in animal physiology and welfare. She has since worked with the beef cattle industry, both in Australia and Indonesia, to improve the welfare of exported cattle. In addition, Rebecca has conducted stock handling and welfare training programs for export sheep in the Middle East.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CSIRO Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1486301614
• ISBN 13: 9781486301614
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Allemagne