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Veterinary ethics and production diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2009

Bernard E. Rollin
Bernard E. Rollin*
Affiliation:
240 Eddy Hall, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1781, USA
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E-mail: Bernard.Rollin@colostate.edu
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Abstract

An animal's welfare should be governed by five freedoms, namely, freedom from hunger and thirst, freedom from discomfort, freedom from pain, injury or disease, freedom to express normal behavior and freedom from fear and distress. If the essence of veterinary medicine is to act like a physician for animals then the profession must be vocal in opposition to production diseases, which can be prevented by changing the system of production.

Keywords

welfareindustrialization of agricultureproduction diseases
Type
Review Article
Information
Animal Health Research Reviews , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , December 2009 , pp. 125 - 130
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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