The implementation of disease control and welfare practices is an essential part of limiting
disease exposure in livestock, however successful adoption of these practices seem to be …

Simple Summary Current systems for raising food animals are largely geared to produce
large quantities of meat, milk, and eggs, at a low cost to the consumer. There are many …

The need to integrate more clearly societal expectations on livestock farming has led the
authors of this article to consider that livestock farming systems must be redesigned to …

Lameness is a significant health and welfare issue in farmed animals. This paper uses a
governmentality approach, which focuses on how a problem is made governable, to …

This paper engages with debates surrounding practices of care in complex situations where
human and non-human lives are entangled. Focusing on the embodied practices of care …

Introduction Prolificacy has become an important breeding goal in sheep farming to increase
farm profitability. With the adoption of improved genetics and management practices leading …

This article focuses on the relationships between people and farmed nonhuman animals,
and between these animals and the farmed environments they encounter, in the enactment …

Introduction This paper applies the COM-B framework to farmer and farm advisor
understandings and responses to lameness in sheep, beef, and dairy systems. It reflects on …

Simple Summary The perceptions and practices of sheep farmers with regards to their
knowledge of sheep health management on their farms can have a significant impact on the …

Industrial food animal production practices are efficient for producing large quantities of milk,
meat, and eggs for a growing global population, but often result in the need to alter animals …