slugAspects related to animal welfare in pig production
Journal Title: Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
This review aimed to highlight the importance of pig welfare and meat quality, as well as some critical points, solutions to improve the management of these animals for swine production. The animal welfare settings have been widely debated within the international scientific community in recent decades. A conceptual row is the most widely accepted animal welfare within a multidimensional approach, encompassing emotions, biological functioning and natural behavior. However, understood the concepts, another challenge that arises is how to properly measure the animal welfare under field conditions. The subject animal welfare is growing rapidly and gaining greater importance in livestock production, not only pigs, but of all the exploited classes.
Authors and Affiliations
Tiago Vieira de Andrade ▪ Paulo Henrique Amaral Araújo de Sousa ▪ Cicero Pereira Barros Júnior ▪ Laylson da Silva Borges ▪ Sandro Tavares Carvalhinho ▪ Ângela Lopes da Silva ▪ Leonardo Atta Farias ▪ Leilane Rocha Barros Dourado ▪ Stélio Bezerra Pinheiro de Lima
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