TY - BOOK ID - 80835489 TI - Cow talk AU - Moran, John AU - Doyle, Rebecca PY - 2015 SN - 9781486301621 1486301622 9781486301638 1486301630 9781486301614 1486301614 PB - Melbourne DB - UniCat KW - Cattle KW - Dairy cattle KW - Behavior. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80835489 AB - The aim of this manual is to improve the welfare of dairy cattle in tropical developing countries, and by doing so, optimise cow and herd performance. It gives the stockmen and farmers directly concerned with the cattle a better understanding of animal behaviour and the ways cattle communicate their comfort or distress. The book discusses normal cattle behaviour and shows how domestication and breeding can affect behaviour to achieve high levels of production of milk, live weight gain and fertility. Animal welfare is important for producers because it can affect the health, production and cont ER -