Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry 2018 Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages: 269-277
https://doi.org/10.2298/BAH1803269O
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Farm animal welfare concept: From beginnings to integration in modern production systems
Ostojić-Andrić Dušica 
(Institute for Animal Husbandry, Zemun-Belgrade)
Hristov Slavča (Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade)
Đedović Radica (Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade)
Pantelić Vlada (Institute for Animal Husbandry, Zemun-Belgrade)
Nikšić Dragan (Institute for Animal Husbandry, Zemun-Belgrade)
Dimitrijević Blagoje (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade)
Tolimir Nataša (Institute for the Application of Science in Agriculture, Belgrade)
The farm animal welfare science has undergone a thorny path of development,
often disputed because of its lack of measurability and the purpose of
existence. At the very beginning, primarily based on moral and ethical
attitudes, over time it pointed to the importance of meeting the needs of
animals and the consequences of their neglect and exhaustion in the
conditions of intensive livestock production. An important segment of its
development was the definition and development of methodologies for the
assessment of welfare indicators, which made it measurable and accepted as a
scientific discipline with the knowledge applicable and useful in modern
production systems. This paper is a concise review of the evolution of the
animal welfare science, but also an indication of its future in the context
of the development of "symbiotic" connections with the concepts of
sustainable agriculture and food safety as integral parts of the modern
ecological movement arose from a unified concern for the welfare of people
and animals, a care for planetary welfare in general.
Keywords: farm animal welfare, development, importance, legislation, production systems, achievements
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