Considerations on ethics and animal welfare in extensive pig production: Breeding and fattening Iberian pigs
Considerations on ethics and animal welfare in extensive pig production: Breeding and fattening Iberian pigs
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DOI：
10.1016/j.livsci.2006.05.010
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发表时间：
2006-09-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Vargas Giraldo, J. D.
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作者：
Aparicio Tovar, M. A.;Vargas Giraldo, J. D.
西班牙粗养生猪的传统特点是：使用伊比利亚猪，这是一种完全融入其生长环境的本土品种；生产周期长，约2324个月；高水平的动物福利水平，特别是在以橡子和草等自然资源为基础的自由活动和喂养的育肥过程中，以及开发这项活动的平衡的“dehesa”农林业系统。如今，由于需求的增加，引入了更集约化的方法，导致了重要的变化，例如：生产周期的缩短（10-12个月）；脱离领土基础；育肥期发生变化，采用混合饲料育肥，动物自由度较低。所有这些事实都可能意味着动物福利状况的丧失。这些情况使我们从伦理的角度对其提出质疑。 (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. 保留所有权利。
The extensive pig production in Spain is traditionally characterised by: the use of the Iberian pig, an autochthonous breed perfectly integrated into the environment in which they have developed; a long duration of the productive cycle for about 2324 months; a high level of animal welfare level, specially in the fattening process with freedom of movement and feeding base on natural sources: acorns and grass, and an equilibrated "dehesa" agro-forestry system where this activity has been developed. Nowadays, the introduction of more intensificated methods due to the increasing demand led to important changes, such as: the shortening of the productive cycle (10-12 months); freeing from the territorial base; changes during the fattening period, fattening with mixed feed and less animal freedom. All these facts may implicate a loss of the animal welfare condition. These circumstances lead us to question it from an ethical point of view. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.