Farm Animals Are Long Away from Natural Behavior: Open Questions and Operative Consequences on Animal Welfare
The concept of welfare applied to farm animals has undergone a remarkable evolution. The growing awareness of citizens pushes farmers to guarantee the highest possible level of welfare to their animals. New perspectives could be opened for animal welfare reasoning around the concept of domestic, esp...
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| description | The concept of welfare applied to farm animals has undergone a remarkable evolution. The growing awareness of citizens pushes farmers to guarantee the highest possible level of welfare to their animals. New perspectives could be opened for animal welfare reasoning around the concept of domestic, especially farm, animals as partial human artifacts. Therefore, it is important to understand how much a particular behavior of a farm animal is far from the natural one of its ancestors. This paper is a contribution to better understand the role of genetics of the farm animals on their behavior. This means that the naïve approach to animal welfare regarding returning animals to their natural state should be challenged and that welfare assessment should be considered. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-441f5d3ef8424350b82c53d83e8d93b52023-12-03T12:50:53ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152021-03-0111372410.3390/ani11030724Farm Animals Are Long Away from Natural Behavior: Open Questions and Operative Consequences on Animal WelfareAlberto Cesarani0Giuseppe Pulina1Animal and Dairy Science Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USADepartment of Agraria, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyThe concept of welfare applied to farm animals has undergone a remarkable evolution. The growing awareness of citizens pushes farmers to guarantee the highest possible level of welfare to their animals. New perspectives could be opened for animal welfare reasoning around the concept of domestic, especially farm, animals as partial human artifacts. Therefore, it is important to understand how much a particular behavior of a farm animal is far from the natural one of its ancestors. This paper is a contribution to better understand the role of genetics of the farm animals on their behavior. This means that the naïve approach to animal welfare regarding returning animals to their natural state should be challenged and that welfare assessment should be considered.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/3/724bioethicsdomesticationgenetic selectionanimal behavioranimal welfare |
| spellingShingle | Alberto Cesarani Giuseppe Pulina Farm Animals Are Long Away from Natural Behavior: Open Questions and Operative Consequences on Animal Welfare Animals bioethics domestication genetic selection animal behavior animal welfare |
| title | Farm Animals Are Long Away from Natural Behavior: Open Questions and Operative Consequences on Animal Welfare |
| title_full | Farm Animals Are Long Away from Natural Behavior: Open Questions and Operative Consequences on Animal Welfare |
| title_fullStr | Farm Animals Are Long Away from Natural Behavior: Open Questions and Operative Consequences on Animal Welfare |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farm Animals Are Long Away from Natural Behavior: Open Questions and Operative Consequences on Animal Welfare |
| title_short | Farm Animals Are Long Away from Natural Behavior: Open Questions and Operative Consequences on Animal Welfare |
| title_sort | farm animals are long away from natural behavior open questions and operative consequences on animal welfare |
| topic | bioethics domestication genetic selection animal behavior animal welfare |
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