1. Human and Animal Sensitivity: How Stock-People and Consumer Perception Can Affect Animal Welfare.
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Napolitano, Fabio
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Animal welfare ,Asia ,Halal meat ,aggression ,agreement ,albumen corticosterone ,animal ,animal attitudes ,animal behavior ,animal ethics ,animal welfare ,avoidance distance ,benefit ,broiler ,castration ,children ,citizen perception ,consumer ,consumer demand ,dairy buffalo ,desensitization ,donkey ,economics ,education ,egg farm ,employee relations ,ethical concerns ,farm animal welfare ,farm animal welfare (FAW) ,farm animals ,farmer perception ,fear ,food safety concerns ,free elicitation narrative interviews ,goat ,horse ,horse-human relationship ,human health ,human-animal relationship ,husbandry practices ,immunocastration ,information ,knowledge ,lambs ,laying hen ,livestock ,milk production ,pain ,pain perception ,perceived consumer effectiveness ,perception ,pig ,pigs ,producer perspective ,profit ,qualitative research ,racehorse welfare ,religious slaughter ,sheep ,sheep farmers ,slaughter ,staff shortages ,stakeholder perception ,standards of care ,stockpeople attitudes ,stockperson behaviour ,stunning ,survey ,technology ,test-retest reliability ,text mining ,training ,transport ,turkey ,veterinary student ,veterinary students ,welfare ,willingness to pay ,young adult - Abstract
Summary: This book presents cross-discipline studies covering aspects ranging from animal science to social/consumer sciences and psychology, with the aim to collect and disseminate information promoting the continuous enhancement of animal welfare by improving stakeholders' perception of animal welfare. Although animal welfare is about how the animals perceive the surrounding environment, the actual welfare of the animals is dependent on how the stakeholders perceive and weigh animal welfare. The stakeholders can, either directly (i.e., through stock-people interaction with the animals) or indirectly (e.g., when retailers and consumers are willing to pay more for high welfare animal-based products), affect the way animals are kept and handled.