Human-livestock interactions - the stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively farmed animals, P.H. Hemsworth and G.C. Coleman : book review

Extracted from text ... Book review - Boekresensie Human-livestock interactions - the stockperson and the productivity and welfare of intensively farmed animals P H Hemsworth and G C Coleman 1998. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom, 176 pp. (including 10 black-and-white photographs), hardcover. Price: ? 30, US$ 55. ISBN 0 85199 195 5. This book provides an excellent scientific review of human-livestock interactions and quantitative measures of animal welfare. Hemsworth has published numerous articles on the behaviour and welfare of intensively farmed poultry, pigs and dairy cattle and is a world leader in this field of research. The stockperson is considered a key factor in the welfare and productivity of intensively farmed animals. The book promotes the concept ..