The Danube Region—On Stream with Animal Welfare Assessment in the Last 35 Years: A Review of Research on Animal Welfare Assessment in a Multi-lingual Area in Europe

Mikuš, Tomislav; Radeski, Miroslav; Cziszter, Ludovic Toma; Dimitrov, Ivan; Jurkovich, Viktor; Nenadović, Katarina; Ostović, Mario; Zupan, Manja; Kirchner, Marlene Katharina

doi:10.1007/s10806-018-9737-4

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“…The welfare of animals is a quite new scientific multidimensional field which combines the practicing of animal husbandry with natural, social, ethical, cultural, economic and political issues (Mikuš et al, 2018). Even though there are common guidelines and directives for the animal welfare policy, little attention has been given to extensive production systems (Turner and Dwyer, 2007).…”

Section: Animals' Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, in extensive production systems, problems concerning the animals' welfare maybe arise from several issues, such as decreased forage availability, forage nutrient deficiencies, lack of access to water and shelter, inappropriate stable installations, inadequate veterinarian care, etc. Research about the welfare of livestock has been mainly conducted to intensively farmed animals with or without access to pastures (Turner and Dwyer, 2007;Charlton and Rutter, 2017;Carcangiu et al, 2018) and to certain regions (Mikuš et al, 2018). For this reason, information concerning the welfare of grazing ruminants is quite restricted (Bojkovski et al, 2014;Topczewska, 2014;Antkowiak et al, 2012;Karasabbidis et al, 2014;Gilhaus and Hölzel, 2016).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Temporal variations of herbage production and nutritive value of three grasslands at different elevation zones regarding grazing needs and welfare of ruminants

Koidou

Mountousis²,

Dotas³

et al. 2019

Arch. Anim. Breed.

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Interannual and monthly variations of herbage production and nutritive value regarding grazing ruminants' needs and welfare were evaluated in three grasslands (semi-mountainous, mountainous and sub-alpine) located at different altitudes (480–900, 901–1500 and 1501–2334 m, respectively) in northern Greece during 2015–2016. Herbage biomass was collected from 30 experimental cages (10 per grassland), weighed, dried at 65 ∘C, milled and analyzed for crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), lignin, calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) content and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD). The sub-alpine grassland was the most productive (1031 and 1231 kg DM ha-normal1) with the highest mean annual herbage CP content (93 and 87 g kg-normal1 dry matter; DM) for 2015 and 2016, respectively. CP content was sufficient to meet small ruminants' and beef cattle maintenance requirements until April and May in the semi-mountainous and mountainous grasslands, respectively, while it could cover the above requirements in the sub-alpine grassland until June and August, respectively. The herbage Ca concentration was higher than the grazing ruminants' needs, while the phosphorus concentration was insufficient. Protein and phosphorus supplementation should be provided to animals to cover their maintenance requirements during the whole period and to reach high levels of welfare. Even though grazing is considered as a welfare-friendly procedure, it is uncertain whether all the welfare principals are satisfied in extensive production systems due to variations of forage availability and nutritive value as well as the lack of infrastructure in grasslands.

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Section: Animals' Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Temporal variations of herbage production and nutritive value of three grasslands at different elevation zones regarding grazing needs and welfare of ruminants

Koidou

Mountousis²,

Dotas³

et al. 2019

Arch. Anim. Breed.

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“…Dairy animals have always been one of the most studied animal species in terms of animal welfare [1], Nonetheless, there are important welfare issues that have yet to be resolved. Early weaning, which is still a common practice in the dairy business, has been one of those difficulties for the previous few decades [2].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Isolation and Identification of Infection-Causing Bacteria in Dairy Animals and Determination of Their Antibiogram

Arbab

Ullah

Wang

et al. 2021

Journal of Food Quality

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Pathogens are always a threat to the livestock and domestic animals due to their exposure to the contaminated environments. The study was conducted to evaluation of the prevalence of Escherichia coli, Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., and S. aureus, in farm animals (cattle and buffalos). A total of 150 (n = 150) samples were collected from cattle and buffaloes, 60 samples from cows’ and buffalo’s teats milk, 30 of water samples, and 60 of fecal samples isolates from dairy farm animals, which may act as reservoir disseminating such pathogens. Farm hygiene, management, and milking procedure were listed through a questionnaire. The most common pathogens detected in this study was E. coli 88 (58%) and S. aureus 81 (54%), followed by Salmonella spp. 32 (21%), and Shigella spp. 44 (29%), respectively. During the antibiogram studies, the results revealed that the highest number of bacterial isolates showed resistance against ampicillin 50 (56.8%), followed by ciprofloxacin 23 (26.1%) and augmentin 22 (25%) of Escherichia coli and ampicillin 49 (60.4%), cefpodoxime 23 (28.3%), and augmentin 20 (24.6%) of S. aureus. In the case of Salmonella spp., the highest resistance was showed by amoxicillin 16 (50%). In Shigella spp., the highest resistance was shown by ampicillin 16 (36.3%), followed by cefpodoxime and ceftazidime 10 (22.7%). The high frequency of isolates in this investigation with multiple antibiotic resistance ranges from 15. MARI % value of S. aureus and E. coli 15 (12.5%), followed by Salmonella and Shigella spp. ranges from 12 (10%), suggesting the presence of various antibiotic-resistant bacteria as well as highly resistant bacteria. The mean ± SD zone areas for the greater resistance are for E. coli and S. aureus, already known to be multiresistant, followed by Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp., when the zone areas are for the low resistance, and the findings determined that there was a little difference between S. aureus and E. coli.

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“…However, the perception of animal welfare among veterinarians may vary depending on the level of education and professional practice [8]. As animal welfare is a relatively young field of science [9], the education following this science is still being actively developed. Veterinary curricula are known to differ all over the world [10,11], provoking differences in the knowledge and skills, as well as attitudes and opinions of students, veterinarians-to-be, towards animal welfare.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Opinions towards Companion Animals and Their Welfare: A Survey of Croatian Veterinary Students

Mikuš

Ostović

Sabolek

et al. 2020

Animals

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This survey was the first one investigating opinions of veterinary students in Croatia towards companion animals and their welfare, with special reference to dogs and cats as the most popular companion animals in the European Union. The study included students of all six years of the integrated undergraduate and graduate veterinary medicine study programme in Croatia. First-year students were surveyed twice, before and after having attended the course on animal welfare. Student opinions were assessed on the basis of their mean responses to five-point Likert scale questions and frequency of responses to Yes/No/I do not know questions and ratio scale questions. Study results revealed students to have strongly positive opinions towards companion animals and their welfare. The majority of student statements did not differ significantly between the first and sixth study years or before and after having attended the animal welfare course in the first study year, mostly yielding a straight, non-fluctuating line. Students were not sure whether welfare of companion dogs and cats was compromised. Study results pointed to reliable and reasonable opinions of veterinary medicine students in Croatia towards companion animals and their welfare, as well as to the welfare issues these species may be facing nowadays.

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The Danube Region—On Stream with Animal Welfare Assessment in the Last 35 Years: A Review of Research on Animal Welfare Assessment in a Multi-lingual Area in Europe

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

Temporal variations of herbage production and nutritive value of three grasslands at different elevation zones regarding grazing needs and welfare of ruminants

Temporal variations of herbage production and nutritive value of three grasslands at different elevation zones regarding grazing needs and welfare of ruminants

Isolation and Identification of Infection-Causing Bacteria in Dairy Animals and Determination of Their Antibiogram

Opinions towards Companion Animals and Their Welfare: A Survey of Croatian Veterinary Students

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