As we know, the matter of housing standards in dairy farms for example, or meat and even in poultry, is already a big and viral concern for many nations.
Lots of campaigns and media materials and advertising about how we treat/behave animals and how we grow and keep them in purpose of different dairy and farm productions.
People are asking today in different surveys to specify more space for each animal and giving access to green pastures and so on, as an example for dairy cows.
- Is the real welfare to have more green pastures for each animal in this example? or it is just what we think?
- Can't the welfare mean lesser stress for animal in anyway and still, not having each animal in it's wild life conditions (or better looking for most of people)?
- Is adaptation (having the animal in same environment since birth till the end of life period) enough for the animal to reduce stress of changes in life, even about having the all the time in roofed areas like barns and cages?
- Can't using technologies and knowledge, like providing fresh air and food and water all the time, lead the farming to a good and acceptable level of welfare for animals?
- Bringing up the costs for farmers, may lead to higher price for productions and lesser interest for customers, which kills many farms during the time. Should we ignore this and work on other sources for food?
- Any other thought or idea?
How do you think?! (regardless of having any knowledge in field of veterinary science)
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In my opinion the main challenge of this discussion is finding a mid point between the economics of animal production and a respect for animal welfare, which should be driven by an understanding of the physiology of each domestic animal species. The increasing demand for meat and animal products is focused solely in studying techiques and technologies that aim at minimizing production costs and maximize yields in order to satisfy market demand. In this manner, consumers' needs are met and the price of animal products are feasible for a majority of consumers to purchase. Animals have been an integral component of farms since ancient times however, and industrial scale of animal production such as the one proposed by Confined Animal Farming Operations (CAFOs) easily suggests that this type of production system is unsustainable and disastrous (to the environment and also to animal welfare).
Production of high quality meat depend up on:
genetic factors
type of nutrition
veterinary treatment of animals
avoid stress producing factors
act of slaughtering
meat inspection
Proper storage of the meat
Animal care is important to avoid disease and increase production thus increasing profit
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