Animal welfare and efficient farming: is conflict inevitable?
Marian Stamp Dawkins
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Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK. Email: marian.dawkins@zoo.ox.ac.uk
Animal Production Science 57(2) 201-208 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN15383
Submitted: 15 July 2015 Accepted: 18 January 2016 Published: 2 June 2016
Journal Compilation © CSIRO Publishing 2017 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND
Abstract
The potential conflicts between animal welfare and efficient farming can often be resolved or at least reduced by showing the financial benefits that improving animal welfare can bring to both society and individual farmers. These benefits include increased profits through: (i) reduced mortality; (ii) improved health; (iii) improved product quality; (iv) improved disease resistance and reduced medication; (v) lower risk of zoonoses and foodborne diseases; (vi) farmer job satisfaction and contributions to Corporate Social Responsibility; and (vii) the ability to command higher prices from consumers. Current conflicts between animal welfare and production may be resolved by future developments in genetics, management practices and new technology. Financial benefits reinforce, rather than replace, ethical arguments for good animal welfare.
Additional keywords: agribusiness, economics.
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