Review article
Farm Animal Welfare
Željko Pavičić
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Mario Ostović
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The role of farm animal welfare assurance, among other also referring to upgrading the quality of life in humans, has been ever more emphasized. In European Union, legal provisions in the field of animal welfare have been continuously upgraded for more than 20 years now, with special reference to the protection of food animals, in particular those exposed to more intensive forms of breeding and production.
Keywords
farm animals; intensive housing systems; welfare
Hrčak ID:
231848
URI
Publication date:
9.12.2013.
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