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Animal welfare: The contribution of ethology
Vandenheede, Marc
2003In Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire, 147 (1, FEB-MAR), p. 17-22
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Abstract :
[en] During the last fifty years, intensive husbandry has profoundly modified the animal living conditions, especially in pigs and poultry. At the same time, concerns about animal welfare were growing on. "Welfare " (" le bien-etre " in french) can be defined as a state of dynamic balance (homeostasy) between the animal and its environment (internal and external). The attempts of the animal to maintain or to adjust this balance may induce physical and mental sufferings, eventually harmful even on a health than on a performance point of view. Welfare of farm animals is assessed using 4 complementary and closely linked types of measures, i.e. performance, health, physiology and ethology. Ethological measurements involve a lot of advantages and are more and more utilised: study of adaptation abilities, behavioural disorders or animal motivation and preference. Ethology is thus considered as a very useful tool that can not be neglected, as shown by the important scientific work, notably in pigs and poultry. Research results have to constitute an essential prerequisite to the ethical reflection process regarding animal welfare, allowing to induce concrete and relevant political acts.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Vandenheede, Marc ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > Ethologie vétérinaire et bien-être des animaux
Language :
French
Title :
Animal welfare: The contribution of ethology
Alternative titles :
[fr] Bien-être animal: les apports de l'Ethologie
Publication date :
2003
Journal title :
Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire
ISSN :
0003-4118
eISSN :
1781-3875
Publisher :
Annales Medecine Veterinaire, Liege, Belgium
Volume :
147
Issue :
1, FEB-MAR
Pages :
17-22
Peer reviewed :
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