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[Pain caused by breeding: definition, judgment, pathogenesis]
1Institut für Tierzucht und Haustiergenetik, Fachgebiet Veterinärmedizinische Genetik und Zytogenetik, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
DTW. Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift
|February 1, 1997
Abstract:
Special terms of the "German Animal Protection Law (section 11b)"and the "European Agreement for Protection of Domestic Animals" particularly "torture-breeding, genetic characteristics, well-being, soundness, pains, injuries and specific use" are commented. Examples of torture-breedings are discussed: Dog (Merle-faktor, brachycephalie, atrichosis), cat (Mans-factor, W-gene, folded-ears), birds (tuffs, ear-drops, tailesness, hypertrophy of bill-warts, abnormal position of tarsal-joints, hypertrophy of imposing behavior).