Animal welfare for production and working animals: evidence and need for action

The goal of this technical paper is to draw attention to the importance of animal welfare and how it connects to wider social, environmental, and agricultural issues. It focuses on how animal welfare improvements within farming systems can lead to other benefits, as well as benefiting the animals th...

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Main Authors: Doyle, Rebecca, Cripps, A., Marry, A., Wieland, Barbara, Whay, B., Lindsay, B., Gallardo, C.M., Di Leonardo, F., Huang, H., Stark, J., Keeling, L., Mainar, M.S., Merridale-Punter, M., Petre, R., Zafra, S.
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Published: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177447
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author Doyle, Rebecca
Cripps, A.
Marry, A.
Wieland, Barbara
Whay, B.
Lindsay, B.
Gallardo, C.M.
Di Leonardo, F.
Huang, H.
Stark, J.
Keeling, L.
Mainar, M.S.
Merridale-Punter, M.
Petre, R.
Zafra, S.
author_browse Cripps, A.
Di Leonardo, F.
Doyle, Rebecca
Gallardo, C.M.
Huang, H.
Keeling, L.
Lindsay, B.
Mainar, M.S.
Marry, A.
Merridale-Punter, M.
Petre, R.
Stark, J.
Whay, B.
Wieland, Barbara
Zafra, S.
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Marry, A.
Wieland, Barbara
Whay, B.
Lindsay, B.
Gallardo, C.M.
Di Leonardo, F.
Huang, H.
Stark, J.
Keeling, L.
Mainar, M.S.
Merridale-Punter, M.
Petre, R.
Zafra, S.
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description The goal of this technical paper is to draw attention to the importance of animal welfare and how it connects to wider social, environmental, and agricultural issues. It focuses on how animal welfare improvements within farming systems can lead to other benefits, as well as benefiting the animals themselves. The examples throughout this paper demonstrate how sustainable livestock systems can benefit when animal welfare is incorporated as a priority. It is hypothesized that many more opportunities for welfare and sustainability gains exist. To identify these, and to mitigate situations that create trade-offs, system changes need to be grounded by evidence of improvements and include animal welfare assessment.
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spelling CGSpace1774472025-11-09T12:37:06Z Animal welfare for production and working animals: evidence and need for action Doyle, Rebecca Cripps, A. Marry, A. Wieland, Barbara Whay, B. Lindsay, B. Gallardo, C.M. Di Leonardo, F. Huang, H. Stark, J. Keeling, L. Mainar, M.S. Merridale-Punter, M. Petre, R. Zafra, S. animal welfare livestock systems The goal of this technical paper is to draw attention to the importance of animal welfare and how it connects to wider social, environmental, and agricultural issues. It focuses on how animal welfare improvements within farming systems can lead to other benefits, as well as benefiting the animals themselves. The examples throughout this paper demonstrate how sustainable livestock systems can benefit when animal welfare is incorporated as a priority. It is hypothesized that many more opportunities for welfare and sustainability gains exist. To identify these, and to mitigate situations that create trade-offs, system changes need to be grounded by evidence of improvements and include animal welfare assessment. 2025-10-01 2025-10-30T20:31:16Z 2025-10-30T20:31:16Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177447 en Open Access application/pdf Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Doyle, R., Cripps, A., Marry, A., Wieland, B., Whay, B., Lindsay, B., Gallardo, C.M., Di Leonardo, F., Huang, H., Stark, J., Keeling, L., Mainar, M.S., Merridale-Punter, M., Petre, R. and Zafra, S. 2025. Animal welfare for production and working animals: evidence and need for action. Rome, Italy: FAO.
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livestock systems
Doyle, Rebecca
Cripps, A.
Marry, A.
Wieland, Barbara
Whay, B.
Lindsay, B.
Gallardo, C.M.
Di Leonardo, F.
Huang, H.
Stark, J.
Keeling, L.
Mainar, M.S.
Merridale-Punter, M.
Petre, R.
Zafra, S.
Animal welfare for production and working animals: evidence and need for action
title Animal welfare for production and working animals: evidence and need for action
title_full Animal welfare for production and working animals: evidence and need for action
title_fullStr Animal welfare for production and working animals: evidence and need for action
title_full_unstemmed Animal welfare for production and working animals: evidence and need for action
title_short Animal welfare for production and working animals: evidence and need for action
title_sort animal welfare for production and working animals evidence and need for action
topic animal welfare
livestock systems
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177447
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