Bergschmidt Angela, March Solveig, Wagner Kathrin, Brinkmann Jan
Thünen Institute of Farm Economics, Bundesallee 63, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
Thünen Institute of Organic Farming, Trenthorst 32, 23847 Westerau, Germany.
Animals (Basel). 2021 May 27;11(6):1570. doi: 10.3390/ani11061570.
Farm animal welfare is a major concern to the European Union's citizens, addressed in the Rural Development Programmes by a specific animal welfare support measure. Previous evaluation results reveal that the implemented action-oriented measures fail when it comes to improving animal health, an important dimension of animal welfare. Results-oriented measures could compensate for this deficiency, but little is known about their design. In order to improve the effectiveness of current animal welfare measures for dairy cows, we analysed the elements of such a measure in an interdisciplinary, application-oriented research project involving agricultural economists and livestock scientists. We have used a mixed methods approach including a written Delphi survey, group-discussions and on-farm data-collection to select suitable indicators, develop an approach for the identification of threshold values and to design a support measure. Results suggest that, in animal welfare support measures, action- as well as results-oriented elements are necessary to address all dimensions of animal welfare.
农场动物福利是欧盟公民主要关心的问题，农村发展计划通过一项特定的动物福利支持措施来解决这一问题。先前的评估结果表明，在改善动物健康（动物福利的一个重要方面）方面，已实施的面向行动的措施效果不佳。以结果为导向的措施可以弥补这一不足，但对其设计却知之甚少。为了提高当前奶牛动物福利措施的有效性，我们在一个由农业经济学家和家畜科学家参与的跨学科、应用型研究项目中，分析了此类措施的要素。我们采用了混合方法，包括书面德尔菲调查、小组讨论和农场数据收集，以选择合适的指标、制定确定阈值的方法并设计一项支持措施。结果表明，在动物福利支持措施中，面向行动和面向结果的要素对于解决动物福利的所有方面都是必要的。
