Factors influencing farmers' responses to welfare legislation: A case study of gestation sow housing in Flanders (Belgium)

Tuyttens, Frank; Struelens, E; Gansbeke, Suzy Van; Ampe, Bart

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2007.10.013

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“…The choice for a housing system is usually not based on fertility criteria, but may be based on, for example, welfare legislation, trade mark production, building costs, labour requirements or level of control of the animals (Tuyttens et al. 2008, 2011).…”

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Reproductive Issues in Welfare‐Friendly Housing Systems in Pig Husbandry: A Review

Kemp

Soede

2012

Reprod Domestic Animals

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Contents In Europe, housing conditions of sows are currently changing, related with a larger emphasis on pig welfare. As a result, sows are and will be less kept in crates, but more so in loose housing systems (farrowing, lactation) and group housing systems (pregnancy, lactation, weaning‐to‐oestrus interval). These changes in housing conditions may affect reproductive functioning of the sows. Group housing of sows may decrease farrowing rate and litter size when stress levels rise or when feed intake in early pregnancy is not fully secured. Loose housing during farrowing results in an improved farrowing process, but may increase piglet mortality by crushing during early lactation. Further, group housing during lactation may increase the risk of lactational oestrus. Thus, new – welfare friendly – housing systems require increased attention to management to ensure optimal reproductive performance.

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Reproductive Issues in Welfare‐Friendly Housing Systems in Pig Husbandry: A Review

Kemp

Soede

2012

Reprod Domestic Animals

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“…Respondents were also asked to score their satisfaction with their group housing system concerning 8 specific aspects and in general from 1 (not at all satisfied) to 5 (very satisfied). Finally, they were asked 6 to indicate the type of group housing system they used on a mutually exclusive list based on criteria ( Table 1, see Tuyttens et al 2008 and references therein for a description of these criteria and housing systems), for the percentage of their sows kept in group housing, and to allocate 100 points according to the relative importance of various reasons for having chosen that particular type of group housing system. On the last page of the questionnaire, the latter 3 questions were also asked to farmers who had detailed plans to change to a group housing system within a timespan of 2 yr.…”

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“…As the EU-ban was expected to be a huge challenge in many member states, we monitored the transition process by surveying every 2 yr a representative sample of pig producers in Flanders, the region of 94% of Belgian pig production. Tuyttens et al (2008) reported results of the first 2 surveys. In 2005, only 16 % of pig farms used group housing.…”

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Survey among Belgian pig producers about the introduction of group housing systems for gestating sows1

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Gansbeke

Ampe

2011

Journal of Animal Science

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“…Na Europa, os produtores e a indústria estão continuamente efetuando alterações e adaptações nos sistemas de criação buscando o atendimento as legislações que atendem as exigências do mercado consumidor diante do bem-estar animal, enquanto na América do Norte, as alterações são recebidas a partir de mecanismos mercadológicos, que impõe suas diretivas diretamente aos produtores (FRASER 2006, TUYTTENS et al 2008. Enquanto que no Brasil, a pressão por mudanças surge a partir de exigências dos mercados importadores, no entanto as regras internacionais limitam a comercialização de produtos de origem animal para os países com exigências maiores em relação a questões éticas da produção.…”

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Enriquecimento ambiental e bem-estar na produção animal

Ricci

Titto

Sousa

2017

Rev. Ciên. Agrovet.

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RESUMOO atendimento do bem-estar animal está entre as principais exigências dos consumidores, que estão cada vez mais atentos a qualidade de vida dentro do ambiente criatório, o que exige o uso de condutas éticas nos sistemas destinados à produção animal. Dentro desta perspectiva este estudo teve como objetivo descrever a importância do enriquecimento ambiental na promoção da melhoria do bem-estar em animais de produção. O enriquecimento ambiental tem como principal característica reduzir estímulos que gerem respostas estressoras e permitir a apresentação de comportamentos naturais, evitando o aparecimento de comportamentos estereotipados em animais confinados. O comportamento natural foi definido como aquele em que o animal tende a realizar livre, por trazer prazer ou promover bom funcionamento fisiológico. Enquanto que o bem-estar animal esta relacionado às condições do alojamento como a bioclimatologia e a biofísica das instalações, podendo ser mensurado a partir de avaliações fisiológicas e comportamentais. O estresse é tido como um conjunto de reações fisiológicas intensas e prolongadas que resultam em desequilíbrio da homeostase, com efeitos importantes e irreversíveis aos animais. Deste modo, conclui-se que o uso enriquecimento ambiental pode contribuir grandemente na redução dos fatores estressores, melhorando o bem-estar em sistemas de produção animal. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:ruminantes, suínos, aves, estresse, comportamento animal. ABSTRACTAnimal welfare is among the main demands of consumers, who are increasingly critical of the quality of life within the environment, which requires the use of static conducts in systems for animal production. From this perspective, the objective of this study was to describe the importance of environmental enrichment in promoting improved welfare in animal production. Environmental enrichment has as main characteristic to reduce stimuli that generate stressful responses and allow the presentation of natural behavior, avoiding the appearance of stereotyped behaviors in confined animals. Natural behavior was defined as the one in which the animal tends to perform freely, by bringing pleasure or promoting good physiological functioning. While animal welfare is related to housing conditions such as bioclimatology and plant biophysics, it can be measured from physiological and behavioral assessments. Stress is seen as a set of intense and prolonged physiological reactions that result in imbalance of homeostasis, with important and irreversible effects on the animals. Thus, it is concluded that the use of environmental enrichment can greatly contribute to the reduction of stressors, improving animal welfare in production systems.

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Factors influencing farmers' responses to welfare legislation: A case study of gestation sow housing in Flanders (Belgium)

Cited by 17 publications

References 18 publications

Reproductive Issues in Welfare‐Friendly Housing Systems in Pig Husbandry: A Review

Reproductive Issues in Welfare‐Friendly Housing Systems in Pig Husbandry: A Review

Survey among Belgian pig producers about the introduction of group housing systems for gestating sows1

Enriquecimento ambiental e bem-estar na produção animal

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