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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Glatz, Phil (Editor), Lunam, Christine (Editor), Malecki, Irek (Editor)
Format:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg Imprint: Springer 2011.
Subjects:	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.
Online Access:	Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access