Animal Welfare: Global Issues, Trends and Challenges

This is the second major animal welfare publication in the OIE (Office International des Epizooties) Scientific and Technical Review series and is designed to provide a contemporary and global perspective on animal welfare. Detailed reviews on historical, current and future approaches to the scientific assessment of animal welfare will be complemented by perspectives and updates from the five OIE regions and selected international stakeholders.

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Table of Contents: Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Science-based evaluation of Animal Welfare: Chapter 2: Global Perspectives: OIE Regions and Member Countries; Chapter 3: Global Perspectives: Stakeholders; Chapter 4: OIE Animal Welfare Standards; Chapter 5: Strategic Animal Welfare Issues; Conclusion. This title includes a sub-chapter on Science-based Assessment of Animal Welfare: Laboratory Animals by V. Baumans (Chapter 1) and one on Using Animals in Research, Testing and Teaching by C. Gauthier and G. Griffin (Chapter 5).

Since OIE's establishment in 1924, the OIE has made a major indirect contribution to animal welfare globally, via the organisation's involvement in epizootic disease control, and has played a standard-setting role in respect of animal transportation through appendices in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code.   In 1994, the OIE published a special issue of the Scientific and technical Review on "Animal Welfare and Veterinary Services" (Moss 1994).   This publication provided a valuable overview of the animal welfare role played by Veterinary Services in OIE Member Countries and included review articles on specific international animal welfare issues.

360 pages.

ISBN: 92-9044-658-7