Publisher's Synopsis
Interest in environmental aspects of agriculture and in farm animal welfare has grown tremendously in recent years. This book provides the relevant biological background to these issues, as well as describing the effects both of the environment on farm animals and of the animals on the environment. The authors include internationally-recognized scientists from the UK, USA, Canada, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Egypt. The book may interest students and research workers concerned with animal physiology and production, animal behaviour and welfare, veterinary medicine and environmental science.
