Description: Improving Animal Welfare in Livestock Operations

Improving Animal Welfare in Livestock Operations

In the past decade, animal welfare has been increasingly recognized in importance in commercial livestock operations. Governments, academic institutions, and animal welfare professionals are addressing animal welfare at different points in the agri...

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Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACTION PLAN AGGRESSIVE AGRIBUSINESS ANALGESICS ANIMAL ANIMAL BREEDS ANIMAL CARE ANIMAL DISEASES ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANIMAL NUTRITION ANIMAL PRODUCTION ANIMAL PRODUCTION SPECIALISTS ANIMAL PRODUCTS ANIMAL PROTECTION ANIMAL SLAUGHTER ANIMAL TRANSPORT ANIMAL WELFARE ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES ANIMAL WELFARE LEGISLATION AQUACULTURE AQUATIC ANIMAL AQUATIC ANIMALS AUDITS BACTERIA BEAR BEEF BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIRDS BREED BREEDERS BREEDING BREEDING STOCK BREEDS BROILER CHICKENS CALVES CHICKEN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPLEMENTS CONSUMER DEMAND CONTAMINANTS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CULTURAL PRACTICES DAIRY DAIRY FARMS DEAD ANIMALS DIETS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE OUTBREAKS DISEASE PREVENTION DISEASE TRANSMISSION DRAINAGE DUCKS EARLY DETECTION EGG EGGS ETHOLOGY FAO FARM FARM ANIMALS FARMED FISH FARMER FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FATTENING FEED FEED CONVERSION FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY FEEDING FEEDING SYSTEMS FIRE FIRE RISK FISH FISHERIES FITNESS FLOCK FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SAFETY FOOD SUPPLY FOWL FRESH WATER GENETIC GENETIC SELECTION GENETICS GLOBAL MANDATE HEALTH MANAGEMENT HUMANE TREATMENT INJURIES INNOVATION INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION INTENSIVE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ISSUES LAMB LAWS LITTER LIVE FISH LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY LIVESTOCK INTERACTIONS LIVESTOCK INVESTMENTS LIVESTOCK OPERATION LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS LIVESTOCK PRODUCER LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS LOCAL COMMUNITIES MALNUTRITION MARKETING MEAT MILK MOLDS MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MUSSEL NATURAL RESOURCES NEST NURSING PARASITES PIG PIGS PLANT PORK POULTRY POULTRY OPERATIONS POULTRY SYSTEMS PREDATORS PREGNANCY PRICE PREMIUM PRODUCE PRODUCER GROUPS PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COSTS PROTECTION OF ANIMALS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF LIFE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESERVES SALMON SLAUGHTERING SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL POLICY SPECIES SPILLAGE STRAW SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN TURKEYS VENTILATION VETERINARIANS VETERINARY VETERINARY CARE VETERINARY PROFESSION VETERINARY PUBLIC VETERINARY SERVICES WALKING WASTE WATER REQUIREMENTS WATER SUPPLY WILLINGNESS TO PAY WOOL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23862786/improving-animal-welfare-livestock-operations-good-practice-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21505

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Summary:	In the past decade, animal welfare has been increasingly recognized in importance in commercial livestock operations. Governments, academic institutions, and animal welfare professionals are addressing animal welfare at different points in the agricultural supply chain, while consumers are demanding higher standards for food safety and animal welfare. Meanwhile, regional and global initiatives to provide guidance on acceptable animal welfare practices have emerged. IFC is committed to working with clients to reduce losses, increase productivity, and/or access new markets through the application of sustainability principles, including animal welfare standards. This Good Practice Note (GPN), which supersedes the 2006 edition, contributes to IFC s continued commitment to supporting clients in a responsible and forward-looking approach to traditional livestock production (dairy, beef, broiler chickens, layer chickens, pigs, and ducks) and aquaculture in intensive and extensive systems to, among other things, help producers access and maintain entry to high quality and value market segments. This GPN describes a range of animal welfare good practice and complements IFC s Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability (2012), in particular animal husbandry requirements for IFC clients as reflected in Performance Standard (PS): biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of living natural resources. The note also describes IFC s approach to animal welfare, including details on IFC s approach to due diligence. For more publications on IFC Sustainability please visit www.ifc.org/sustainabilitypublications.

Improving Animal Welfare in Livestock Operations

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