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Title:

Enhancing animal welfare and farmer income through strategic animal feeding : some case studies / editor, Harinder P.S. Makkar.

Publisher:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

vii, 83 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm

Subject:

Feeds--Analysis.
Animal nutrition.
Animal feeding.
Animal welfare.
Farm income.

Other Authors:

Makkar, Harinder P. S.

Notes:

"I3164E/1/01.13"--Back cover. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Reducing variability in nutrient consumption : improving health, welfare and profitability of dairy cows fed total mixed rations / Trevor J. DeVries -- Improving the welfare of dairy goats : feeding behaviour identifies goats at risk of subacute rumen acidosis / Sylvie Giger-Reverdin, Daniel Sauvant and Christine Duvaux-Ponter -- Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) as strategic supplement for dairy cows / Pietro Celi -- Increasing profit in free-range poultry production systems through improved welfare - the use of nutritional interventions / Oluyinka A. Olukosi -- Improving animal welfare and economic sustainability in bull-fattening systems in France : a comparison of three different feeding programmes / M.M. Mialon ... [et al.] -- Seasonal weight loss - an assessment of losses and implications for animal welfare and production in the tropics : southern Africa and western Australia as case studies / Lu©Ưs Alfaro Cardoso and Andr©♭ M. de Almeida -- Managing the costs of metritis : using feeding behaviour to facilitate disease detection and improve dairy cattle welfare / Juliana M. Huzzey and Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk -- Proper feeding improves welfare, calf performance and future productivity of dairy calves / Alex Bach -- Management issues with dry cows and a new feeding system for improved health, welfare, and performance / David E. Beever -- The relationship between nutritional status and bovine welfare associated to adoption of intensive silvopastoral systems in tropical conditions / Ariel Marcel Tarazona M ... [et al.] -- Use of nutraceuticals for improving animal health during the transition period of dairy cows / G. Bertoni, P. Grossi P. and E. Trevisi.

Series:

FAO animal production and health paper, 0254-6019 ; 175.

ISBN:

9251074526 (pbk.)
9789251074527 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)849512968

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)