The welfare of farmed ratites

The welfare of farmed ratites

This volume reviews, for the first time, the broad range of issues that affect the welfare of commercially farmed ratites. Although ratites incorporate several families of flightless birds this book focuses on the most commonly farmed ratites, the ostrich, emu and rhea. The readers are taken on a j...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Outros Autores: Glatz, Phil (Editor), Lunam, Christine (Editor), Malecki, Irek (Editor)
Formato: Electronic Resource
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg Imprint: Springer 2011.
Assuntos:
Ratite farming > Moral and ethical aspects.
Flightless birds > Breeding > Moral and ethical aspects.
Captive wild birds > Breeding > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ratites > Physiology.
Ratites > Conservation.
Animal welfare.
Acesso em linha:Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access