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Invited review: Importance of animal health and welfare for the stability of the three pillars of sustainability of livestock systems1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2016

P. Chemineau
P. Chemineau*
Affiliation:
UMR Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA, CNRS, Université de Tours, IFCE, Agreenium, 37380 Nouzilly, France EAAP – The European Federation of Animal Science, Via Tomassetti 3, 00161 Roma, Italy
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†E-mail: Philippe.chemineau@inra.fr
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Abstract

The future livestock systems at the world level will have to produce more in the perspective of the population increase in the next 30 years, whereas reducing their environmental footprint and addressing societal concerns. In that perspective, we may wonder if animal health and animal welfare, which are two essential components of production systems, may play an important role in the stability of the three pillars of sustainability of the livestock systems. We already know that objectives driven by economy, environment and society may modify animal welfare and animal health, but is the reverse true? The answer is yes and in 11 cases out of 12 of the matrix health-welfare×3 pillars of sustainability×positive or negative change, we have many examples indicating that animal health and animal welfare are able to modify, positively or negatively, the three pillars of sustainability. Moreover, we also have good examples of strong interactions between health and welfare. These elements play in favour of an holistic approach at the farm level and of a multicriterial definition of what could be the sustainable systems of animal production in the future which will respect animal welfare and maintain a good animal health.

Keywords

animal healthanimal welfaresustainabilitylivestock systems
Type
Review Article
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Advances in Animal Biosciences , Volume 7 , Special Issue 2: Proceedings of the EAAP-European Federation of Animal Science in association with ALPA , October 2016 , pp. 208 - 214
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© The Animal Consortium 2016 

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Footnotes

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Presented at the Symposium ‘System Approach for improving the sustainability of animal production, health and welfare’. EXPO Milan 2015. Scientific Committee for EXPO, University of Milan Statale, EAAP (European Federation of Animal Science) and ASPA (Animal Science and Production Association)

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