title: Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management and Welfare
author: Sarah Wolfensohn
description: This third edition of the bestseller Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management &amp; Welfare has been fully revised and updated making it an essential handbook for all those working with animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986. Designed to be a practical reference book, it covers every area of animal care and aims to improve animal welfare through best practice and refinement of techniques. It covers principles applicable to all species, including training of licensees, the regulatory framework, euthanasia, management of pain and stress, anaesthesia and surgery, and also includes specific sections on biology and husbandry.
zlib_text: Animal welfare and society concerns ﬁnding the missing link
  Temple Grandin ⁎
  Dept. of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
  a b s t r a c t
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  Article history:
  Received 26 March 2014
  Received in revised form 12 May 2014
  Accepted 18 May 2014
  Available online 24 May 2014
  Chemical compounds studied in this article:
  Ractopamine (PubChem CID: 14010333)
  Zilpaterol (PubChem CID: C10 11507658)
  Meloxicam (PubChem CID: 54677470)
  Keywords:
  Animal welfare
  Welfare auditing
  Pigs
  Cattle
  Sheep
  Slaughter
  Young adults in developed countries are distanced from agriculture and the meat industry needs to do a better
  job of communicating with them. A major welfare concern is slaughter without stunning. Other concerns, such
  as poor stunning or high levels of bruising, can be easily corrected by management who is committed to main-
  taining high standards. Another concern is biological system overload, occurring when animals are bred for
  more productivity. R