Journal
IRISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD RESEARCH
Volume 61, Issue 1, Pages 1-22Publisher
TEAGASC
DOI: 10.15212/ijafr-2020-0151
Keywords
Animal welfare; beef; dairy; pig; poultry; welfare assessment
Funding
- Eurogroup for Animals
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Animal welfare is an increasingly important aspect of livestock production systems, driven by consumer concerns. Welfare, health, management, economy, consumer acceptance, and environmental impact are interdependent and integral to sustainable animal production, making animal welfare a part of quality assurance programs.
The welfare status of an animal is dependent on its ability to cope and exist in harmony with its environment, such that good physical and psychological health is maintained. Improving animal welfare is an increasingly important aspect of livestock production systems due, in a large extent, to increased consumer concerns about animal production practices. Animal welfare is an integrated part of quality assurance programmes for sustainable animal production, considering that welfare, health, management, economy, consumer acceptance and environmental impact are interdependent. The major welfare concerns in the livestock industry in recent years relate to the rearing and management of dairy calves, the welfare of the dairy cow, effect of husbandry management procedures on the welfare of beef cattle, rearing of sows in gestation and farrowing crates, and the broiler (meat) chicken sector. The paper will focus on scientific research underpinning these welfare concerns, with a particular focus on research conducted on the island of Ireland.
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