Animal welfare situation analysis in Republic of Serbia
2007
Lazic, I., Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, sumarstva i vodoprivrede Republike Srbije, Beograd (Serbia). Uprava za veterinu | Petrovic, N., Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, sumarstva i vodoprivrede Republike Srbije, Beograd (Serbia). Uprava za veterinu
In this study we performed an analyses and estimation of the animal welfare condition in 25 regions in the Republic of Serbia, especially welfare of farm animal in intensive breeding (dairy cows, fattening cows, pigs, laying hens, broiler chickens), individual farms and slaughterhouses. Parameters for estimation of animal welfare were: accommodation of animals, quality and hygiene of accommodation, workers relation towards animals, animal health state and condition, behavioural welfare and animal socialization, accommodation of animals in slaughterhouse depot, stunning place, method of stunning, means of stunning, stunning equipment, method of bleeding. Besides the above mentioned, we prepared the questionnaire related to animals welfare and ask for opinion farm worker, persons which are keeping the animals in individual farms, workers in slaughterhouses, vaterinarians and veterinary inspectors in order to established are they informed about animal welfare problem and, according to that to established the program of education of owner and keeper of animals, farmers, people in slaughterhouses, transporters, veterinarians and veterinary inspectors. The combined investigation method, adapted to the situation and conditions in the Republic of Serbia has been used.
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