Animal Welfare in Air Transport
Animal welfare is becoming an evermore-important factorfor air carriers from the economical viewpoint, due to its importantimpact on the carrier public image. High standard care hasto be taken of animals during transport in order to satisfy an importantsegment of airline customers, either the Busine...
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University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
2012-10-01
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| description | Animal welfare is becoming an evermore-important factorfor air carriers from the economical viewpoint, due to its importantimpact on the carrier public image. High standard care hasto be taken of animals during transport in order to satisfy an importantsegment of airline customers, either the Business/Firstclass passengers travelling with pets, or influential shippers ofracing horses, dogs, Zoo species etc.Air transp011 of animals, disregarding other advantages,may pose a threat to their health and welfare being a significantmultifactorial stressor. Along with cardiovascular, endocrineand metabolic abe1mtions, it affects the immune response ofan animal and increases susceptibility to infection. Therefore,strict conditions for air transport of eve1y animal species havebeen imposed. Transport of only healthy animals is approved,as it is necessG/y to prevent the spread of disease during transportand to provide satisfactOJy environment for animals to betransported. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-079dcf32380a4d8fadafe8cfaf6ece282022-12-21T17:56:53ZengUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic SciencesPromet (Zagreb)0353-53201848-40692012-10-01125-627928310.7307/ptt.v12i5-6.1050901Animal Welfare in Air TransportBoris PopovićNatalija Topić PopovićNikica HotiAnimal welfare is becoming an evermore-important factorfor air carriers from the economical viewpoint, due to its importantimpact on the carrier public image. High standard care hasto be taken of animals during transport in order to satisfy an importantsegment of airline customers, either the Business/Firstclass passengers travelling with pets, or influential shippers ofracing horses, dogs, Zoo species etc.Air transp011 of animals, disregarding other advantages,may pose a threat to their health and welfare being a significantmultifactorial stressor. Along with cardiovascular, endocrineand metabolic abe1mtions, it affects the immune response ofan animal and increases susceptibility to infection. Therefore,strict conditions for air transport of eve1y animal species havebeen imposed. Transport of only healthy animals is approved,as it is necessG/y to prevent the spread of disease during transportand to provide satisfactOJy environment for animals to betransported.http://www.fpz.unizg.hr/traffic/index.php/PROMTT/article/view/1050animalsair transporthealthwelfarestress |
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| title | Animal Welfare in Air Transport |
| title_full | Animal Welfare in Air Transport |
| title_fullStr | Animal Welfare in Air Transport |
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| title_short | Animal Welfare in Air Transport |
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| topic | animals air transport health welfare stress |
| url | http://www.fpz.unizg.hr/traffic/index.php/PROMTT/article/view/1050 |
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