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The Welfare of Farmed Ratites [electronic resource] / edited by Phil Glatz, Christine Lunam, Irek Malecki.

By: Glatz, Phil [editor.].
Contributor(s): Lunam, Christine [editor.] | Malecki, Irek [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Animal Welfare: 11Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011Edition: First.Description: XVIII, 266 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642192975.Subject(s): Life sciences | Agriculture | Animal ecology | Zoology | Wildlife management | Life Sciences | Zoology | Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management | Animal Ecology | AgricultureDDC classification: 590 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
The Ethics of Farming Flightless Birds -- Breeder Welfare – The Past, Present and Future -- Natural Mating and Artificial Insemination -- Incubation and Chick Rearing -- Ostrich Nutrition and Welfare -- Welfare Issues Associated with Ratite Husbandry Practices -- The Structure and Sensory Innervation of the Integument of Ratites -- Ratite Movement -- Ratite Health – Welfare Implications -- Bird Handling, Transportation, Lairage and Slaughter: Implications for Bird Welfare and Meat Quality -- Ratite Conservation: Linking Captive-Release and Welfare.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This volume reviews, for the first time, the broad range of issues that affect the welfare of commercially farmed ratites.  Although ratites incorporate several families of flightless birds this book focuses on the most commonly farmed ratites, the ostrich, emu and rhea. The readers are taken on a journey through all sectors of the industry, which include breeding, incubation, hatching, brooding, rearing, growth, transport and processing, with an emphasis on husbandry and management protocols that can impact bird welfare and health. Also discussed is the structure and sensory innervation of the skin and digits of the birds, and the potential welfare implications of industry practices on these structures. Each chapter in this volume focuses on a particular aspect of the commercial farming of ratites with contributing authors from a broad range of disciplines.   
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The Ethics of Farming Flightless Birds -- Breeder Welfare – The Past, Present and Future -- Natural Mating and Artificial Insemination -- Incubation and Chick Rearing -- Ostrich Nutrition and Welfare -- Welfare Issues Associated with Ratite Husbandry Practices -- The Structure and Sensory Innervation of the Integument of Ratites -- Ratite Movement -- Ratite Health – Welfare Implications -- Bird Handling, Transportation, Lairage and Slaughter: Implications for Bird Welfare and Meat Quality -- Ratite Conservation: Linking Captive-Release and Welfare.

This volume reviews, for the first time, the broad range of issues that affect the welfare of commercially farmed ratites.  Although ratites incorporate several families of flightless birds this book focuses on the most commonly farmed ratites, the ostrich, emu and rhea. The readers are taken on a journey through all sectors of the industry, which include breeding, incubation, hatching, brooding, rearing, growth, transport and processing, with an emphasis on husbandry and management protocols that can impact bird welfare and health. Also discussed is the structure and sensory innervation of the skin and digits of the birds, and the potential welfare implications of industry practices on these structures. Each chapter in this volume focuses on a particular aspect of the commercial farming of ratites with contributing authors from a broad range of disciplines.   

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