• ISBN13: 9781786399168
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture
• Publisher: CABI
• Publisher Imprint: CABI
• Publication Date: January 1, 2019
• Pages: 520
• Original Price: GBP 54.9
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1180 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Medicine / Food Animal, and Industries / Agribusiness

Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Dr. Temple Grandin, this practical book integrates scientific research and industry literature on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, and horses, in both the developed and developing world, to provide a practical guide to humane handling and minimizing animal stress. Reviewing the latest research on transport systems, restraint methods and facilities for farms and slaughterhouses, this fully updated fifth edition of Livestock Handling and Transport includes five new chapters: The Introduction, Genetics and Handling, Goat Handling and Transport, Robotic Milking, and Transport of Livestock by Sea. There is also new coverage of temperament testing and change, the principles of good stockmanship as well as including new video material to further explain key information contained in the book.

Key features include:

- Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Temple Grandin.
- Two new chapters on the testing and control of temperament and the principles of good stockmanship.
- Online videos to further illustrate the key points.

Grandin, Temple: - Temple Grandin is Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Dr. Grandin's work includes design of animal handling systems, research on livestock behavior, and auditing animal welfare. She has visited 26 countries and has served on the OIE animal welfare ad hoc committee for slaughter. Her previous livestock books are: Livestock Handling and Transport, Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals and Humane Livestock Handling. Her popular press books on animal behavior have been both U.S. and international bestsellers. Throughout her career, Dr. Grandin has worked to combine scientific research results with practical application in the field. In North America, half the cattle are handled in equipment she designed for meat plants. She has received awards for her work on animal welfare from both the livestock industry and animal welfare NGOs. She has awards from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The American Meat Institute, American Society for Animal Science and the Humane Society of the U.S.