Molento C F M, Calderón N
Laboratório de Bem-estar Animal, Setor de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal do Paraná, R. dos Funcionários, 1540, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Rev Sci Tech. 2009 Aug;28(2):617-25. doi: 10.20506/rst.28.2.1899.
Both the public and the international institutions that regulate the veterinary profession have high expectations that veterinarians will understand and take the lead in issues of animal welfare. These expectations provide a powerful argument for the need to teach animal welfare. The objective of this paper is to share the experiences of animal welfare teaching in South America, examining which topics seem relevant and why. It builds upon the core international literature on teaching animal welfare to veterinary students, highlights priorities learned through direct experience of teaching this topic in South America, and has benefited from the experiences of other South American animal welfare professors. In addition, the authors discuss major challenges in the animal welfare field and propose the perceived best strategies. The overall conclusion of the authors is that it is not possible to work as a veterinarian and make a valuable contribution to society unless the main concepts and issues of animal welfare are thoroughly understood and incorporated into practice.
公众以及规范兽医行业的国际机构都高度期望兽医能够理解动物福利问题并在其中发挥带头作用。这些期望有力地论证了开展动物福利教学的必要性。本文的目的是分享南美洲动物福利教学的经验，探讨哪些主题似乎具有相关性以及原因。它基于向兽医专业学生教授动物福利的核心国际文献，突出了通过在南美洲直接教授该主题所学到的重点内容，并且受益于其他南美洲动物福利教授的经验。此外，作者们讨论了动物福利领域的主要挑战并提出了他们认为最佳的策略。作者们的总体结论是，除非对动物福利的主要概念和问题有透彻的理解并将其融入实践，否则不可能成为一名对社会有价值贡献的兽医。
