Animal welfare, animal rights and agriculture

The past decade has witnessed a major revolution in social concern with animals. Philosophically, this revolution entails a significant revision in traditional ways of conceiving our moral obligations to other creatures. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the social and conceptual basis for what is widely termed "animal rights." The agricultural community has mistakenly tended to dismiss this new thinking as fringe and emotionally based. In actuality, it is a natural extension of earlier social thought. The case of new laws regulating biomedical research illustrates the rapidity of social change in this area, as do recent developments in European regulation of agriculture. The relevance of this new moral thought to what has hitherto been understood purely in economic terms must be assimilated by the American agricultural community before the agricultural community can respond appropriately and non-reactively.     

漫议动物福利与动物卫生

畜牧业的大发展满足了人们日益增长的肉类食品需求,然而以追求最大利润为目的高度工厂化生产方式,使动物生长在肮脏、密集、拥挤的环境中,自身免疫系统底下,增加了诸如禽流感、口蹄疫等传染性疾病的发病风险,造成越来越多的肉品安全问题。动物福利是解决上述问题的有效措施,但目前我国的肉类生产模式和管理模式决定了必须依靠动物卫生监督系统来保证动物福利措施的实施。     

动物福利与畜牧业生产

动物福利问题,在国外已有几十年的历史,有较多的国家制定了相关法律法规,并在畜禽饲养、运输和屠宰过程中实施.在我国加入WTO后,许多国家对我国的动物产品不仅要求满意的质量和合理的价格,还要求在饲养、运输和屠宰过程中给动物以一定的福利.这对我国长期不重视动物福利的畜牧生产和畜产品出口带来了严重的影响.     

动物保健与检疫

综观近期业务报刊杂志及相关网络内容,无不看到关于猪高热病、"高致病性猪蓝耳病及其防控"、由于市场供需变化和饲料价格上涨等原因,导致各地猪肉价格普遍上涨。为防止不法养殖户、运销户借供需波动之机,以非法手段降低成本,使劣质、有毒、有害猪肉进入市场等,从中央到地方各级政府及相关业务主管部门、基层工作人员围绕动物保健与检疫工程做了大量而细致的基础工作,下文以猪为例对动物保健与检疫谈几点看法。