Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at the Farm and Group Level

Abstracts are provided for 126 oral and poster papers on connecting social and environmental aspects of measuring farm animal welfare; lessons from new and existing welfare assessment schemes; developing and validating animal welfare assessment or audit protocols; animal welfare assessment for zoos, laboratories, and animal shelters; new and emerging methods for assessing animal welfare; and working with end-users of animal welfare schemes. Many of the methods are demonstrated in case studies of particular animals and situations. Only authors are indexed. Distributed in the US by Enfield. Annotation 2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)