04364nam a22005535i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001500172072001500187072002300202072001400225245009600239250001800335264006900353300006500422336002600487337002600513338003600539347002400575490003700599505049500636520177001131650002502901650005402926650002302980650002403003650003303027650003103060650002603091650003003117650002403147650002903171700015503200700015203355710003403507773002603541776003603567776003603603776003603639830004403675856004603719912001403765912001403779999001703793978-3-031-62182-6DE-He21320251030114604.0cr nn 008mamaa241205s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316218269978-3-031-62182-67 a10.1007/978-3-031-62182-62doi 4aSF600-1100 7aMZ2bicssc 7aMED0890002bisacsh 7aMZ2thema14aThe Welfare of Goatsh[electronic resource] /cedited by Silvana Mattiello, Monica Battini.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aX, 402 p. 122 illus., 118 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aAnimal Welfare,x3091-3497 ;v250 aWhere do goats come from? -- Goats’ natural behaviour -- Goat Emotions, cognition, and personality -- Welfare issues in goat farming: housing and nutrition -- Welfare issues in goat farming and management -- Painful procedures, transport and end-of-life management -- The welfare of goats in adverse environments -- Enhancing animal welfare through disease prevention in goats -- Assessing the welfare of goats -- Where are goats going? The future of goats for farming and other purposes.  aThis book focuses exclusively on the welfare of goats, which have peculiar behavioral characteristics and needs, and distinct individual personalities. Despite the many differences between goats and sheep, welfare and health issues of small ruminants have often been addressed together. Goats are extremely adaptable, now widespread and farmed all over the world. Usually bred for economic purposes (milk, meat and/or fibre), goats are also occasionally kept as pet animals, in educational farms, in zoos or for animal-assisted therapy. This wide range of conditions may elicit different challenges for their welfare. Readers of this volume are introduced to the goat species, starting from its origin and domestication process, and presentation of its natural behaviour and characteristics, including recent data on goats’ ability to communicate, cognition capabilities and personality. Knowledge of these features is indispensable to allow a welfare-friendly approach to goat management. The authors then address all relevant aspects of goat welfare, covering issues related to housing, feeding, painful procedures and end-of-life management, with special emphasis on welfare challenges in adverse environments. An additional chapter is dedicated to the main health problems that can jeopardize goats’ welfare. Finally, this volume highlights the latest research to on-farm welfare assessment with indicators and protocols for evaluation. This work will appeal to scholars of animal welfare science and biology, stakeholders in the livestock industry, as well as experts in goat-assisted interventions and pet owners. Video and audio files enrich the reading experience and can also be played from the print book using the free Springer Nature More Media app. 0aVeterinary medicine. 0aAnimal welfarexMoral and ethical aspects.967043 0aPhysiology.972764 0aAgriculture.968079 0aCognition in animals.97690614aVeterinary Science.97201224aAnimal Ethics.96704424aAnimal Physiology.97276524aAgriculture.96807924aAnimal Cognition.9769071 aMattiello, Silvana.eeditor.0(orcid)0000-0003-1885-949X1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1885-949X4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt9885711 aBattini, Monica.eeditor.0(orcid)0000-0002-6134-77591https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6134-77594edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt9885722 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303162181908iPrinted edition:z978303162183308iPrinted edition:z9783031621840 0aAnimal Welfare,x3091-3497 ;v2597276840uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62182-6  aZDB-2-SBL  aZDB-2-SXB  c65502d65502