Minimum standards of sheep and goat housing conditions and welfare
2007
Hristov, S., Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia) | Joksimovic-Todorovic, M., Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia) | Milanov, S., Simpo, Vranje (Serbia) | Trenic, V., Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia)
Sheep and goats are kept in circumstances which vary from extensive grazing to close confinement and housing. Whatever the form of husbandry, owners, agents, managers and handlers of sheep and goats are responsible for the health and well-being of the animals under their control. The basic requirements for the welfare of sheep and goats are: a level of nutrition adequate to sustain good health and vigour, assess to sufficient water of suitable quality to meet physiological needs, social contact with other sheep and goats, sufficient space to stand, lie down and stretch their limbs, protection from predation, protection from pain, injury and disease, protection from extremes of weather conditions which may be life threatening, provision of reasonable precautions against the effects of natural disasters, handling facilities which under normal usage do not cause injury and which minimize stress to the sheep and goats.
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