1st Edition
The Welfare of Cattle
Foreword, Donald Klingborg
Preface and Introduction to the White Papers, Donald Klingborg
List of Authors
Part 1: White Papers
Chapter 1: Can Food Production Keep Pace with Population Growth, Changing Dietary Habits and a Desire for Higher Quality Protein? Daniel Dooley
Chapter 2: Economics of Global Cattle Industries, with Implications for On-Farm Practices, Daniel A. Sumner
Chapter 3: Dairy and Beef Sustainability: Nutrient Loss and Use Efficiency, Joe Harrison and Al Rotz
Chapter 4: Livestock and Climate Change: Facts and Fiction, Frank Mitloehner
Chapter 5: Microbial Pathogens in Extensive and Intensive Systems, Pramod Pandy and E.R. Atwill
Chapter 6: Cattle Ectoparasites in Extensive and Intensive Cattle Systems, Alec Gerry
Chapter 7: The Uses of Biotechnology to Improve Animal Welfare, Alison L. Van Eenennaam
Part 2: Concepts Relevant to both Beef and Dairy Cattle
Chapter 8: Understanding and Managing Animal Welfare in Cattle, Bernard Rollin
Chapter 9: Sense and Sensibility: Understanding How Cattle Perceive our Collective World, Lily N. Edwards-Callaway
Chapter 10: Breeding and Welfare: Genetic Manipulation of Beef and Dairy Cattle, Courtney Daigle, Andy D. Herring and Fuller W. Bazer
Chapter 11: Providing Assurance that Cattle have a Reasonably Good Life, Jennifer Walker and Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk
Chapter 12: Transportation and Slaughter of Beef and Dairy Cattle, Kurt Vogel
Chapter 13: Optimal Human Animal Interactions for Improving Cattle Handling, Temple Grandin
Chapter 14: Principles of Facility Design, Temple Grandin
Chapter 15: Pain Mitigation in Cattle, Johann F. Coetzee and Michael D. Kleinhenz
Part 3: Beef Cattle
Chapter 16: Overview of the Beef Cattle Industry and Animal Welfare Implications, Jason Ahola, John Wagner, and Terry Engle
Chapter 17: Ranching with Integrity and Intentionality, Tom Field and Paul Engler
Chapter 18: Range Beef Cow and Calf Health and Welfare, Franklyn Garry
Chapter 19: Animal Care Issues in Beef Cattle Feedlots, John Wagner
Chapter 20: Welfare Issues in Feedlot Cattle, Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein, Désirée Gellatly, Daniela Mélendez Suarez, Eugene Janzen, and Sonia Marti
Chapter 21: Sustainability, the Environment, and Animal Welfare, Shawn L.Archebeque
Part 4: Dairy Cattle
Chapter 22: To Meet the Ethical Imperative of telos in Modern Dairy Production: Societal Concern for Naturalness, Animal Welfare, and opportunities for Resolution through Science, Beth Ventura and Candace Croney
Chapter 23: Herdsmanship and Human Interaction with Dairy Cattle, Kurt Vogel
Chapter 24: Health, Disease, and Animal Welfare Perspectives for Dairy Cattle, Jerry Olson
Online Chapter (accessible in Additional Resources tab on webpage): Dairy Nutrition, Michael Gamroth
Chapter 25: Dairy Cow Welfare and Herd Turnover Rates, Donald Klingborg
Chapter 26: Calf Welfare, Munashe Chigerwe
Online Chapter (accessible in Additional Resources tab on webpage): What would an ideal intensive dairy look like? Jan Shearer and James Reynolds
Chapter 27: The Downer Cow, Noa Roman-Muniz
Chapter 28: Cow Comfort, Jesse Robbins and Alex Beck
Biography
Terry Engle is a Professor of Animal Sciences at Colorado State University. His research interests include the influence of trace minerals on animal health and production.
Donald Klingborg is an Associate Dean Emeritus at The School Of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. He spent the majority of his career as a practicing veterinarian with an emphasis on cattle health & wellbeing.
Bernard Rollin is University Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University with appointments in the departments of Philosophy, Animal Sciences, and Biomedical Sciences.
These experts present their point of view in a nonconfrontational, nondismissive way to address laypeople's concerns about the cattle industry. It also has a wealth of references for veterinarians, students, and producers who want to learn more.
-- Courtney A Hayes, DVM (University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine)
The Welfare of Cattle is a comprehensive textbook that can be used as a reference for welfare issues facing the cattle industry today. This book represents the culmination of constructive dialogue among cattle welfare experts, with the intention of providing readers with a basic understanding of contemporary cattle production and how issues regarding cattle welfare are evolving.
-- Erin King, DVM, Tufts University, North Grafton, Mass, in JAVMA | SEP 15, 2019 | VOL 255 | NO. 6
