Livestock Handling and Transport
- ISBN-10
- 1780643217
- ISBN-13
- 9781780643212
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 484
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cab International
- Author
- Temple Grandin
Description
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 fourth edition includes new coverage of animal handling in South America, and reviews extensive new research on pig transportation in North America.
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