一个有效的环境丰富框架,以不断改善生产动物福利
Peta S Taylor1, Peggy Schrobback2, Megan Verdon3
1School of Envrionmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, 2351, NSW, Australia.
Animal welfare (South Mimms, England)
|March 15, 2024
概括
农场动物的环境丰富 (EE) 需要明确的定义和基于结果的评估. 这一新框架有助于生产者选择有效的EE,确保有意义的福利改善.
科学领域:
- 动物福利科学 动物福利科学
- 农业科学 农业科学
- 伦理学 伦理学 伦理学
背景情况:
- 环境丰富 (EE) 是为提高养殖动物福利而提供给养殖动物的,但其有效性往往未得到量化.
- 目前对EE的定义众多且多样化,导致对福利改善的期望不清楚.
- 经济效益预期与结果之间的不匹配会阻碍行业的采用,并限制实际的福利收益.
研究的目的:
- 提出一种新的环境丰富 (EE) 的框架,用于生产动物.
- 根据特定的动物福利结果重新定义EE,超越意图,达到可衡量的结果.
- 为开发EE评估协议和立法提供基于科学的工具.
主要方法:
- 开发一个新的EE框架,有四个类别:伪丰富,满足基本需求,快乐和积极的福利平衡.
- 强调EE的短期和长期影响评估,解决目前生产动物文献中的差距.
- 鼓励农民,研究人员和行业利益相关者在EE计划设计中的合作.
主要成果:
- 拟议的框架根据福利成果对EE进行了分类,允许有针对性的应用.
- 它需要强大的评估协议来评估EE对动物福利的实际影响.
- 该框架提供灵活性,以适应不断变化的环境,并确保持续改善福利.
结论:
- 通过重点关注特定的福利成果来重新定义经济效益,对于农业有效实施至关重要.
- 拟议的框架提供了一个结构化的方法来确定和评估最佳的EE战略.
- 这种基于证据的工具可以指导立法,保证计划和行业实践,以提高生产动物福利.
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