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Welfare standard as a marker of ethical relation to productive animals

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Tue, 09/10/2024 - 14:38

Livestock breeding is one of the fastest growing branches of agriculture worldwide. The living conditions of industrially grown animals are one of the most pressing ethical issues of our time. Farm animals with complex systems of sensations and emotions are very susceptible to disturbances in technological processes. Ensuring the survival and reproduction of animals on farms, people, unfortunately, can cause them great suffering because they do not satisfy many of the physical, emotional and social needs inherited from wild ancestors.

Causal factors of inclusion and exclusion in institutional processes of social development

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 23:51

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By inclusion and exclusion here we mean the phenomena of inclusion of a certain category of persons into a certain community as “insiders” and, accordingly, exclusion as transformation of “insiders” into “outsiders” and even into “enemies”. The institutional nature of these processes means that they are not one-time and situational phenomena, but deep shifts with long-term consequences, entailing changes in the rules of interaction and attitudes of their participants.

Impact of pain stress on the adaptive capabilities of the blood system and welfare of horses

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Tue, 07/09/2024 - 16:45

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The full genetic potential of productive animals can only be realised if high standards of welfare are maintained in production. One of the indicators of animal welfare is animal health, and one of the markers of various pathological processes is pain. Sports horse breeding is a specific concept in which the competent work of trainers and riders significantly effects on the health of animals, and therefore their performance, in addition to housing and feeding conditions.