Discrepancies between farmers' perceptions and actual animal welfare conditions on commercial pig farms.

ABSTRACT: Animal welfare is a multiparameteral concept that encompasses the physical and mental health of animals and includes various aspects such as physical wellbeing, absence of hunger and thirst, and ability to express motivated behavior, to which farmers usually attach different importance. The objectives of this study were to evaluate animal welfare on Slovenian commercial pig farms, to determine whether farmers' perceived importance of animal welfare differ from actual animal welfare on farms and to determine, if farmer's age, gender, their level of education and participation in vocational training have an influence. For that purpose, we created an Animal Welfare Protocol/Questionnaire for Pig Farms (AWQ/P-P) that assessed several parameters of animal welfare: (1) general status, (2) animal

SUBMITTER: Nadlucnik E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9558291 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature