Frankenhuis M T, Nabuurs M J, Bool P H
Vakgroep Bedrijfsdiergeneeskunde en Voortplanting, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, Utrecht.
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 1989 Dec 15;114(24):1237-49.
Developments in intensive animal husbandry as well as the reactions called forth by this new form of livestock husbandry in various groups of society and in research workers are reviewed in the introductory part; it was only during the past few years that veterinary medicine in the Netherlands began to concern itself with the negative effects of intensive animal husbandry on animal health and welfare. The practical situation in poultry and pig husbandry is then subjected to a critical analysis. It is concluded from a number of objective observations such as the use of pharmaceutical agents and vaccines and the appearance of particular pathological changes that limits should be imposed on growth. Reflection in veterinary medicine, resulting in the acceptance of health and welfare in animals and man, environment and economic values as equivalent factors, is advocated.
引言部分回顾了集约化畜牧业的发展以及这种新型畜牧养殖形式在社会各群体和研究人员中引发的反应；直到过去几年，荷兰的兽医学才开始关注集约化畜牧业对动物健康和福利的负面影响。随后对家禽和养猪业的实际情况进行了批判性分析。从一些客观观察结果，如药物和疫苗的使用以及特定病理变化的出现，可以得出结论，应该对生长加以限制。文中提倡兽医学进行反思，将动物和人类的健康与福利、环境和经济价值视为同等重要的因素。
