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

Authors

  • Xavier Manteca Universidade Autónoma de Barcelona
  • Caio Abércio da Silva Universidade Estadual Londrina
  • Ana Maria Bridi Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Cleandro Pazinato Dias Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n6Supl2p4213

Keywords:

Measurements, Swine production, Welfare Quality®.

Abstract

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.

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Author Biographies

Xavier Manteca, Universidade Autónoma de Barcelona

Prof. Dr. do Deptº de Ciência Animal e dos Alimentos da Universidade Autônoma de Barcelona, UAB, Barcelona, Espanha.

Caio Abércio da Silva, Universidade Estadual Londrina

Prof. Dr. do Detptº de Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, UEL, Londrina, PR.

Ana Maria Bridi, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Profª Drª do Detptº de Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, UEL, Londrina, PR.

Cleandro Pazinato Dias, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Discente de Doutorado, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal, UEL, Londrina, PR.

Published

2013-12-17

How to Cite

Manteca, X., Silva, C. A. da, Bridi, A. M., & Dias, C. P. (2013). Animal welfare: concepts and practical procedures to evaluate the swine productions systems. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 34(6Supl2), 4213–4230. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n6Supl2p4213

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Review Article

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