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Análise económica do bem-estar animal: contributos para a sua avaliação ao nível da produção
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Abstract(s)
This study aims to develop a proposal for the evaluation of animal welfare policy
applicable on the farm and provides a review of different approaches to its
measurement.
Three main measures of the welfare of farm animals can be used: 1) consumer-based
measures; 2) animal-based measures and 3) production-based measures. The animalbased
measures are direct measures of animal welfare, although subject to value
judgments, using physiological and behavioural observation. This study uses economic
measures based on production, given the paucity of consumer-based measure currently
available. These measures are applied to assess how the policies of the government / EU
and other private influence the practice of animal production and, consequently, the
practices of animal welfare.
The methodology uses a battery of structural, technical - economical and environmental
indicators, that allows the assessment of animal welfare on the farm and accompany, in
a dynamic way, its evolution in a production system.
The main recommendations of the study are that consumers need to understand the logic
of the association: "better animal welfare - additional economic cost - raising the selling
price of the product”, so that they can influence the formulation of public and private
policies in this area.
Description
Dissertação mest., Gestão Sustentável dos Espaços Rurais, Universidade do Algarve, 2009
Keywords
Teses Produção animal Produtividade Bem-estar animal