Sustainable Animal Production: The Challenges and Potential Developments for Professional Farming

497 Pages·2009·41.17 MB·English

by  A. Aland

Sustainable
animal
production
The challenges and potential developments
for professional farming
edited by:
A. Aland and F. Madec
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Sustainable animal production

Sustainable
animal
production
The challenges and potential developments
for professional farming
edited by:
A. Aland
F. Madec
Wageningen Academic 
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Acknowledgements
The guest editors would like to thank all the people for giving us their valuable help in the
preparation process of this book, acting especially as peer-reviewers of the manuscripts.
They would like to give particular thanks to David R. Arney, associate professor, Department
of Nutrition and Animal Products Quality at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, for his
dedication and efficient help when polishing the English language.
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Table of contents
Acknowledgements 7
Preface 19
Part 1. Animal hygiene for a more sustainable animal production
The growing role of animal hygiene for sustainable husbandry systems 23
Th. Blaha and J. Köfer
Abstract 23
1. Introduction 23
2. The changes 25
3. Veterinary medicine 25
4. The consequences 26
5. Animal hygiene’s contribution to animal health 27
6. Animal health and animal welfare improvements 27
7. Food safety at herd level (pre-harvest food safety) 28
8. Environmental protection and waste management 29
9. The most important principles and tools 29
10. Conclusion 31
References 32
The role of the European feed industry in a sustainable feed and food safety strategy 33
M.J.M. Tielen
Abstract 33
1. Introduction 34
2. Safe feed production: a daily challenge for the feed industry 34
3. Safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in animal feed 40
4. Feed legislation embracing the overall feed chain 41
5. Compound feed producers response: the development of a European Feed
Manufacturers Code (EFMC) 42
6. Concluding remarks 43
References 44
New trends in farm animal welfare: science values and practice 45
J. Webster
Abstract 45
1. Introduction 45
2. Sentience, welfare and wellbeing 46
3. Stress and suffering 46
4. Trends in animal welfare science 48
5. Ethics and values 50
6. Right action: promotion of animal welfare 51
7. Welfare-based quality assurance 52
References 54
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