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Research And Discussion Of Animals Welfare In Intensive Livestock

Posted on:2010-06-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G Q LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2143360278967344Subject:Veterinarians
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With the fast development of stockfarming and freedom of international trade, animal welfare has been given more and more scientific, political and public concern. The developed countries have built complete system of animal welfare. The international organizations have also given it more concern and will establish international standards, guidelines and proposals. And in the international trade, animal welfare has become an important criterion.WTO is considering taking animal welfare as an international trade standard. On the contrast, our stockbreeding has a poor base on animal welfare and still present a lot of limitation. Animal welfare has been widely concerned by people because of common existence of animal unhealthy condition and serious harm. But from social idea, we have a little consciousnesss that there is a close relationship between the happeness of diseases and animal welfare. We should pay more attention to animal welfare in poultry environment, feeding method, transporting, butchering. Beacause of lack of the consciousnesss ,lots of diseases happen in intensive especially"environmental diseases", interfering export of meat product. From legislation of animal welfare, because of the short of animal welfare, China has met many problems in international trades. China has also paid her attention to such problems in recent years. More and more organizations, experts and medium begin to focus on such problems. But has met some obstacles in legislation. Under the existing situation, animal welfare law is considered "too early", and will meet difficulties in enforcement. How to safeguard level of animal welfare becomes important responsibility of researchers. The paper discusses animal welfare in our country according to the development actuality abroad, put forward to the necessary of enforcing and improving animal welfare, and make up dificient of legislation of animal welfawelfare, enhancing people's consciousness. The thesis is composed of six parts:The foreword: it introduces the reasons of the animal welfare research briefly. And it also demonstrates the author's basic standpoint and research thoughts. The first part: it illustrates the definition, history, and the actuality of farm animal welfare;The second part: it dicusses a few questions about animal welfare in intensive cultivation, such as poultry environment, feeding method, transporting, butchering. And illustrates the necessary of practicing animal welfare in our country.The third part: According to the actuality of foreign and domestic animal welfare, it concludes the dificient of lay system. illustrates the feasibility and pathway of practicing animal welfare.The forth part: It makes a sketch that putting animal welfare into practice has beneficial effect on animal husbandry. The afterward: It summary the necessity and importance of enforcing animal welfare in intensive cultivation. It is need of constructing harmony society and people development.
Keywords/Search Tags:Welfare, Intensive Cultivation, International Trade, Meat Quality, Environmental Health, Animal Behavior
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