Human and Animal Sensitivity: How Stock-People and Consumer Perception Can Affect Animal Welfare

• Main Author: Napolitano, Fabio (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; education; animal welfare; young adult; welfare; stunning; human health; perception; slaughter; pig; pigs; children; livestock; laying hen; racehorse welfare; qualitative research; free elicitation narrative interviews; knowledge; fear; milk production; ethical concerns; food safety concerns; agreement; stakeholder perception; castration; sheep farmers; farmer perception; animal ethics; goat; benefit; horse; dairy buffalo; animal attitudes; turkey; farm animal welfare (FAW); animal; survey; Animal welfare; husbandry practices; willingness to pay; donkey; avoidance distance; training; stockperson behaviour; stockpeople attitudes; farm animal welfare; farm animals; veterinary students; broiler; text mining; religious slaughter; profit; consumer; sheep; egg farm; Halal meat; pain; employee relations; standards of care; animal behavior; consumer demand; albumen corticosterone; aggression; technology; transport; test-retest reliability; desensitization; producer perspective; economics; pain perception; Asia; horse-human relationship; lambs; veterinary student; human-animal relationship; information; citizen perception; immunocastration; perceived consumer effectiveness; staff shortages
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Summary

This book presents cross-discipline studies covering aspects ranging from animal science to social/consumer sciences and psychology, with the aim to collect and disseminate information promoting the continuous enhancement of animal welfare by improving stakeholders' perception of animal welfare. Although animal welfare is about how the animals perceive the surrounding environment, the actual welfare of the animals is dependent on how the stakeholders perceive and weigh animal welfare. The stakeholders can, either directly (i.e., through stock-people interaction with the animals) or indirectly (e.g., when retailers and consumers are willing to pay more for high welfare animal-based products), affect the way animals are kept and handled.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (234 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03921-262-0
9783039212620
9783039212613

Access

Open Access