Calf Husbandry, Health And Welfare

John Webster is Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Bristol. Author of the widely acclaimed Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye Towards Eden and Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden, he is the founding father of the Bristol Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science group that has gathered evidence and pioneered the arguments necessary to achieve improved welfare standards for veal calves, broiler chickens, laying hens and dairy cows.

• Preface -- Normal development -- Nutrition and digestion -- Feeding systems from birth to weaning -- Environmental needs -- Housing design, ventilation and disinfection -- Common diseases and their recognition -- The development of behaviour -- Production systems and economics -- Stockmanship and calf welfare