Phillips C. Cattle Behaviour and Welfare

2nd edition. — Blackwell Publishing Company, Oxford, UK, 2002. — 264 p. — ISBN: 0-632-05645-2.This book evolved from an initial publication on cattle behaviour (Phillips,1993), which was written primarily for farmers and students of farming systems. The intimate relationship between the behaviour of cattle and their welfare encouraged me to develop the original text into one dealing with the welfare of cattle and its relation to their behaviour. The welfare of cattle has been much studied in the last decade, as farm animal welfare has been a prominent topic for debate and research, and this book attempts to review the recent research.Introduction to cattle welfare
The welfare of dairy cows
The welfare of beef cattle and draft oxen
The welfare of calves
The welfare of cattle during transport, marketing and slaughter
Environmental perception and cognition.
Acquisition of behaviour and the use of selective breeding to improve welfare
Play behaviour
Social behaviour
Nutritional behaviour
Reproductive behaviour
Locomotion and movement
Resting behaviour
Behavioural adaptation to inadequate environments
The relationship between cattle and man