Economic and Welfare Impacts of Providing Good Life Opportunities to Farm Animals.

ABSTRACT: Existing animal welfare standards for legislation and food certification programmes are primarily designed to avoid harms to the livestock, with minimal consideration given to their behavioural freedoms. Recent research has shown, however, that animal welfare should not only be evaluated by the absence of negative states but also by the presence of "good life" or positive experiences enjoyed by animals. The objective of the present study is to investigate the scientific validity and on-farm cost implications of utilising potential input-based measures of positive welfare as part of evaluation criteria for farm assurance schemes. Building upon the Farm Animal Welfare Council's concept of good life opportunities, an assessment was undertaken on 49 noncaged laying hen farms across the UK by m

SUBMITTER: Stokes JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7222722 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature