
Advances in Sheep Welfare
Woodhead Publishing
2nd Edition
Published on 17. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
420 pages
978-0-443-14048-8 (ISBN)
Description
Advances in Sheep Welfare, Second Edition provides a detailed reference on advancements in sheep welfare. The book contains the most current knowledge on breeding practices, animal affective states, management strategies, farming and production practices, and the role of society and consumers in shaping the welfare debate. In addition to updating all chapters from the previous edition, completely new chapters are included on behavioral assessments of sheep welfare, the impact of climate change, and drivers of change for sheep producers. Stakeholders across the wool, dairy, and sheep meat supply chains will also benefit from this resource.
The book brings together a team of international experts to create the definitive resource on sheep welfare. It will serve as a key reference for researchers, instructors, and students at the post-graduate level who are interested in animal agriculture, especially those who study sheep and issues of animal welfare.
The book brings together a team of international experts to create the definitive resource on sheep welfare. It will serve as a key reference for researchers, instructors, and students at the post-graduate level who are interested in animal agriculture, especially those who study sheep and issues of animal welfare.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
660 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-14048-8 (9780443140488)
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Drewe Ferguson | Caroline Lee | Rebecca Doyle
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Drewe Ferguson | Caroline Lee | Andrew Fisher
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Persons
Drewe Ferguson leads the Livestock Systems Program within CSIRO Agriculture and Food. He is recognized for his research in advancing livestock welfare through improvements in livestock resilience and management and husbandry practices. Caroline Lee leads the animal behavior and welfare team at CSIRO, Australia. Her research interests include developing novel methods to assess affective states, assessing cognition and learning and improving welfare assessment of farm animals. Rebecca Doyle studies animal welfare from fundamental cognition to applied animal welfare research. She is a Senior Lecturer and the Deputy Director of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Andrew Fisher is Chair of Cattle and Sheep Production Medicine and Director of the Animal Welfare Science Centre at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has significant experience in animal welfare research, with a particular focus on production animal management, transport and pain management. He is also actively involved in the translation of animal welfare research into public and organizational policy.
Editor
Animal Food and Health Sciences (CAFHS) Theme, CSIRO, Australia
Senior Researcher, Animal Food and Health Sciences (CAFHS) Theme, CSIRO, Australia
Senior Lecturer, Animal Welfare/Deputy Director, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor, Animal Welfare Science Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Content
Part One: Introduction to sheep welfare
1. Understanding the natural behaviour of sheep
2. Overview of sheep production systems
3. Consumer and societal expectations for sheep products (wool, meat and dairy)
Part Two: New advances in sheep welfare assessment
4. Physiological markers of welfare state
5. Novel behavioural measures of sheep welfare
Part Three: Current and future solutions to welfare challenges
6. Genetic solutions
7. Reproductive management (including impacts of prenatal stress on offspring development)
8. Nutritional management
9. Predation control
10. Managing disease risks
11. Routine management procedures
12. Transport and pre-slaughter management
13. Advanced livestock management solutions (application)
14. Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for sheep production systems: Implications for heat stress and feedbase
15. Drivers to practice change on-farm
Part Four: Sheep welfare beyond 2030
16. Sheep welfare - beyond 2030
1. Understanding the natural behaviour of sheep
2. Overview of sheep production systems
3. Consumer and societal expectations for sheep products (wool, meat and dairy)
Part Two: New advances in sheep welfare assessment
4. Physiological markers of welfare state
5. Novel behavioural measures of sheep welfare
Part Three: Current and future solutions to welfare challenges
6. Genetic solutions
7. Reproductive management (including impacts of prenatal stress on offspring development)
8. Nutritional management
9. Predation control
10. Managing disease risks
11. Routine management procedures
12. Transport and pre-slaughter management
13. Advanced livestock management solutions (application)
14. Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for sheep production systems: Implications for heat stress and feedbase
15. Drivers to practice change on-farm
Part Four: Sheep welfare beyond 2030
16. Sheep welfare - beyond 2030