内容简介：
A special issue of "Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science", this volume addresses food animal husbandry and the new millennium. There are essays on: the culture and agriculture of animal production; animal welfare and livestock production in a post-industrial milieu; animal welfare issues in the poultry industry; and assessing the welfare of dairy cattle. The contributors include D. Fraser, P.B. Thompson, I.J.H. Duncan and J. Rushden.