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Welfare of Ruminant Animals, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1st Edition

Editors :
Lily Edwards-Callaway & Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein
This item will be released on 11-28-2025
In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Lily Edwards-Callaway and Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Welfare of Ruminant Animals. Top experts discuss t ...view more
In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Lily Edwards-Callaway and Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Welfare of Ruminant Animals. Top experts discuss the latest advancements and challenges in ruminant welfare with in-depth articles on innovative practices, transport, euthanasia, housing, and the evolution of animal welfare.
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In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Lily Edwards-Callaway and Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Welfare of Ruminant Animals. Top experts discuss the latest advancements and challenges in ruminant welfare with in-depth articles on innovative practices, transport, euthanasia, housing, and the evolution of animal welfare.

Key Features
  • Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including assessing ruminant welfare on-farm; mitigating impacts of environmental extremes in ruminant animals; considerations and best practices for pain mitigation in ruminant animals; assuring the welfare of ruminants during euthanasia, humane slaughter and depopulation; and more
  • Provides in-depth clinical reviews on welfare of ruminant animals, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
  • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews

Author Information
Edited by Lily Edwards-Callaway, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA and Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein, Ph.D, Senior Research Scientist, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Canada