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Perspectives of animal welfare at farm and group level: Introduction and overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

C Winckler ,
J Baumgartner  and
S Waiblinger
C Winckler*
Affiliation:
Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 33, A-1180 Vienna, Austria
J Baumgartner
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Husbandry and Welfare, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
S Waiblinger
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Husbandry and Welfare, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
*
christoph.winckler@boku.ac.at
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If we are to bring about improvements in animal welfare, animal welfare assessment is the first step towards sustainable improvements, followed by the identification of risk factors and subsequent interventions. Largely driven by an increased public interest, which is accompanied by political strategies such as the Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010 (Commission of the EC 2006), the science of animal welfare assessment has developed considerably since the 1st International Workshop on Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group level held in 1999 in Copenhagen (Sørensen & Sandøe 2001). This is reflected in major research initiatives at national and international level and in the continuously increasing number of participants at the workshops.

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Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 16 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level , May 2007 , pp. 105
Copyright
© 2007 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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