Table of Contents

I: Preface 1: Introduction: the Stockperson as a Professional - Skills, Knowledge and Status 2: Farm Animal Welfare: Assessment, Issues and Implications 3: Human-Animal Interactions and Animal Productivity and Welfare 4: Attitudes of Stockpeople 5: Stockperson Behaviour and Animal Behaviour 6: A Model of Stockperson-Animal Interactions and their Implications for Livestock 7: Changing Stockperson Attitudes and Behaviour 8: Conclusion: Current and Future Opportunities to Improve Human-Animal Interactions in Livestock Production II: References III: Index

About the Author

Grahame J. Coleman is at Monash University, Australia. Paul H. Hemsworth is at the University of Melbourne.

Reviews

"...the trend to ever-larger livestock units seems set to continue, thus the importance of selecting, motivating and training people to work in such environments will increase. This book sets the framework for a professional approach to doing this and also outlines areas where further development is needed. As such, it usefully fills a gap in knowledge, and more importantly in current practice."--Claire Weeks, University of Bristol, UK (1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM)

"The book should take position in the libraries of people involved in animal production and especially education and management of stockpersons."