Advances in agricultural animal welfare: science and practice

Advances in Agricultural Animal Welfare fully explores developments in the key areas of animal agricultural welfare assessment and improvement. Analyzing current topical issues, as well as reviewing the historical welfare issues, the volume is a comprehensive review of the field.

Divided into four sections, the book opens with an introduction to animal welfare research. Part One moves on to review advances in animal welfare science, looking at behavior, veterinary science and well as genetics and genomics. The second part looks at transdisciplinary research in animal welfare, with coverage of bioethics, sustainability and the social sciences. Part three explores the process of translating science into policy and practice - topics such as legislation, market-driven approaches and the work of NGOs are explored here. The final section looks at emerging issues in agricultural animal welfare with a focus on small scale and urban farming.

With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Advances in Agricultural Animal Welfare is set to be a standard reference for welfare research scientists and students, practicing vets involved in welfare assessment, and indeed anyone with a professional interest in the welfare of agricultural animals.

• Provides in-depth reviews of emerging topics, research and applications in agricultural animal welfare
• Provides coverage of topics important to all agricultural animals and compliments the wider series, Agricultural Animal Welfare, which will provide comprehensive coverage of animal welfare of the world's major farmed animals
• Edited by a world leading animal welfare academic, and with a writing team of both leading academics and practitioners