Capacity building to implement good animal welfare practices
Subtitle: report of the FAO Expert Meeting, FAO Headquarters, Rome, 30 September - 3 October 2008
By: D. Fraser ... [et al.].
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9789251061466
Subjects: Animal culture; Animal welfare
Description: Animal welfare is recognized as highly relevant to programs to improve animal health, to develop livestock productions, to respond to natural disasters where animals are involved, and to improve the fit between the genetic constitution of animals and the environments in which they are kept. FAO decided to give more explicit and strategic attention to animal welfare and to guide its activities, and convened this expert meeting.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-37).

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Impact and benefits of good animal welfare practices; title: Culturally appropriate approaches; title: Science and research; title: Standards and legislation; title: Capacity building for improving animal welfare; title: Strategies for implementing capacity building; title: Key issues; title: Recommendations.