The Welfare of Goats
暫譯: 山羊的福利

Silvana Mattiello is Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Milan. Her main research interest is animal management and welfare, with a particular focus on small ruminants. She was Principal Investigator of the 7° FP "AWIN", where she developed a protocol for welfare evaluation of dairy goats; she coordinated the project DEMOCAPRA for the development and dissemination of innovative sustainable farming systems for dairy goats, and she is presently leading the EIP-AGRI project VOCAPRA, which aims to set up an automatic system for recognition of dairy goat vocalizations. She published 75 papers in international journals, two books on deer management and several book chapters on animal behaviour and welfare.

Monica Battini is researcher at the University of Milan. Her main research interest is focused on animal welfare in ruminants, with specific studies conducted on human-animal relationship and communication, emotions and indicators of positive welfare.She has been involved in many international projects on animal welfare and she co-authored a welfare assessment protocol for goats within the framework of the European AWIN project. Monica is scientific journalist and animal welfare consultant for NGOs. She published more than 30 scientific peer-reviewed papers, more than 100 popular articles and several book chapters on animal behaviour and welfare.

Silvana Mattiello 是米蘭大學的動物飼養學教授。她的主要研究興趣是動物管理和福利，特別專注於小型反芻動物。她曾擔任第七框架計畫「AWIN」的首席研究員，並在該計畫中開發了乳山羊福利評估的協議；她協調了DEMOCAPRA計畫，旨在開發和推廣乳山羊的創新可持續農業系統，目前她正在領導EIP-AGRI計畫VOCAPRA，該計畫旨在建立一個自動識別乳山羊聲音的系統。她在國際期刊上發表了75篇論文，出版了兩本有關鹿類管理的書籍，以及幾篇有關動物行為和福利的書章。

Monica Battini 是米蘭大學的研究員。她的主要研究興趣集中在反芻動物的動物福利上，特別是在人與動物之間的關係和溝通、情感及正向福利指標方面進行了具體研究。她參與了許多國際動物福利項目，並在歐洲AWIN計畫框架內共同撰寫了乳山羊的福利評估協議。Monica 是科學記者及非政府組織的動物福利顧問。她發表了超過30篇經過同行評審的科學論文，超過100篇通俗文章，以及幾篇有關動物行為和福利的書章。