Animal welfare: concepts and practical procedures to evaluate the swine productions systems

Semina: Ciências Agrárias

卷:34

Cleandro Pazinato Dias¹  Xavier Manteca¹  Caio Abércio da Silva¹  Ana Maria Bridi¹ 

[1] Universidade Estadual de Londrina;

关键词: Measurements;    Swine production;    Welfare Quality®;   

DOI  :  10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n6Supl2p4213

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The concepts of animal welfare have received a wide discussion by international scientific community during the last decades. The most accepted definition consider the animal welfare like a multidimensional theme, where are involved the emotion, the biological activity and the natural behavior. However, considering the clearness of this concepts, another challenge is presented, where is questioned how we can evaluate the animal welfare in commercial systems. Thus, the Welfare Quality® project gave the understanding about the welfare subjects and how we can to evaluate its in commercial farms and slaughterhouses. Then the main of this article is present the principal concepts and practical means to evaluate the animal welfare in swine, according the Welfare Quality® protocols, with the identifications of the positive and critical aspects involved.

【 授权许可】

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