New standards on the breeding conditions of domestic animals
2003
Hristov, S. (Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia and Montenegro))
In the work the new standards of rearing conditions of domestic animals are described. These standards prescribe protection for handling, care, housing, treatment, ventilation, lighting, shelter and veterinary care of the animals. In order to reduce the suffering and stress of farm animals it is important to use producton methods that ensure the behavioural and physiological needs of the animals are met. The standards provide the five basic requirement of animals: freedom from thirst, hunger and malnutrition, the provision of appropriate comfort an shelter, the prevention, or rapid diagnosis and treatment, of injury, disease or infestation with parasites, freedom from distress, the ability to display normal patterns of behaviour. The lighting, temperature, humidity, air circulation, ventilation, and other environmental conditions such as gas concentration or noise intensity in the place in which an animal is housed, shall - having regard to its species and to its degree of development, adaptation and domestication - conform to its physiological and ethological needs in accordance with established experience and scientific knowledge.
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