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Essential veterinary education in the welfare of food production animals.
Rev Sci Tech. 2009 Aug; 28(2):611-6.RS

Abstract

The primary responsibility of veterinarians is to the animals in their care, so veterinary students need to be aware of important issues and factual information relevantto animal welfare. Veterinarians have tended to concentrate on physical aspects of welfare, but also need to take account of mental aspects (including pain) and naturalness. A crucial first step in animal welfare education is to encourage students to examine the interactions between welfare science, ethics and policy. Scientific measures of welfare include physiological, immunological, behavioural, disease and productivity. Welfare ethics includes consideration of different ethical theories and of professional ethics. Understanding of policy involves awareness of legislation, codes of practice and farm assurance programmes. As well as utilising their education in their clinical practice, veterinarians may expectto have an important role in influencing policy and standards in the wider world. It is recommended that animal welfare should be taught as a clearly defined academic subject within the curriculum.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Main DC
Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK.
Appleby MC
No affiliation info available
Wilkins DB
No affiliation info available
Paul ES
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Animal HusbandryAnimal WelfareAnimalsEducation, VeterinaryEnvironmentFood SupplyHumansLegislation, VeterinaryMeatPainVeterinary Medicine

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

20128471

Citation

Main, D C J., et al. "Essential Veterinary Education in the Welfare of Food Production Animals." Revue Scientifique Et Technique (International Office of Epizootics), vol. 28, no. 2, 2009, pp. 611-6.
Main DC, Appleby MC, Wilkins DB, et al. Essential veterinary education in the welfare of food production animals. Rev Sci Tech. 2009;28(2):611-6.
Main, D. C., Appleby, M. C., Wilkins, D. B., & Paul, E. S. (2009). Essential veterinary education in the welfare of food production animals. Revue Scientifique Et Technique (International Office of Epizootics), 28(2), 611-6.
Main DC, et al. Essential Veterinary Education in the Welfare of Food Production Animals. Rev Sci Tech. 2009;28(2):611-6. PubMed PMID: 20128471.
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