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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 journey through all sectors of the industry, which include breeding, incubation, hatching, brooding, rearing, growth, transport and processing, with an emphasis on husbandry and management protocols that can impact bird welfare and health. Also discussed is the structure and sensory innervation of the skin and digits of the birds, and the potential welfare implications of industry practices on these structures. Each chapter in this volume focuses on a particular aspect of the commercial farming of ratites with contributing authors from a broad range of disciplines.   .

Animal welfare. --- Farming. --- Ratite farming. --- Ratite farming --- Flightless birds --- Captive wild birds --- Ratites --- Animal Welfare --- Zoology --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Zoology - General --- Animal Sciences --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Breeding --- Physiology --- Conservation --- Ratites. --- Domestic animals. --- Abuse of animals --- Animal cruelty --- Animals --- Animals, Cruelty to --- Animals, Protection of --- Animals, Treatment of --- Cruelty to animals --- Humane treatment of animals --- Kindness to animals --- Mistreatment of animals --- Neglect of animals --- Prevention of cruelty to animals --- Protection of animals --- Treatment of animals --- Welfare, Animal --- Palaeognathae --- Ratitae --- Animal husbandry --- Barnyard animals --- Beasts --- Domesticated animals --- Farm animals --- Abuse of --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Animal ecology. --- Zoology. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Life Sciences. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Animal Ecology. --- Zoology, Economic --- Domestication --- Feral animals --- Birds --- Social aspects --- Wildlife management. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Ecology --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Biology --- Natural history --- Management --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology