Welfare indicators in swine/Indicadores do bem-estar em suinos
In order to obtain good quality products, the swine production system should prioritize the animals welfare. Changes are necessary to meet society's demand and expand domestic and foreign markets. The swine's welfare can be assessed by behavioral and physiological traits related to health...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Ciência rural 2011-10, Vol.41 (10), p.1823 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In order to obtain good quality products, the swine production system should prioritize the animals welfare. Changes are necessary to meet society's demand and expand domestic and foreign markets. The swine's welfare can be assessed by behavioral and physiological traits related to health and production. Thus, our goal is to review in the literature what are the scientific criteria that are used to indicate the swine welfare in the production systems. Key words: behavior, physiology, stress, swine. A busca por produtos de qualidade exige do produtor mudancas no sistema de producao de suino que priorizem, em particular, o bem-estar do animal. As mudancas sao necessarias para atender a demanda da sociedade e ampliar os mercados internos e externos. O bem-estar na especie suina pode ser avaliado por meio das respostas comportamentais, fisiologicas, ligadas a sanidade e a producao. Em funcao do exposto, o objetivo deste trabalho e revisar a literatura em relacao aos criterios cientificos utilizados para indicar o bem-estar da especie suina nos sistemas de producao. Palavras-chave: comportamento, estresse, fisiologia, suino. |
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ISSN: | 0103-8478 |