Animal Welfare II

Question 1

What is animal welfare?

Answer 1

Animal welfare refers to the mental and physical well-being of the animal.
-Welfare can be measured using scientific practices that record pain, frustration, fear and pleasure

Question 2

What are animal rights?

Answer 2

Animal rights is the idea that animals are entitled to freedom and people should not use them for food.

Question 3

How does tech benefit livestock?

Answer 3

improves their living conditions
our ability to monitor their health.
helps farmers manage their animals more efficiently and give better individual care compared with what a limited staff can provide.

Question 4

What are the 3 innovations for feeding livestock?

Answer 4

Precision for feeding
Safety of livestock feed
Nutrition of Livestock feed

Question 5

What is precision for feeding?

Answer 5

A new feeding system for meat chickens allows birds to enter freely and the robot releases feed if the chicken is not overweight.

This system improves welfare because birds have an equal opportunity to eat and they do not suffer the consequences of being under- or over-weight

Question 6

What is the safety of livestock feed?

Answer 6

Feed manufacturers monitor their practices to keep food safe from physical, biological or chemical hazards, which can lead to illness.

Farmers can prevent devastating outbreaks of foodborne illness in livestock by monitoring the safety of their feed.

Programs were developed so feed suppliers could be audited and certified for following safe management practices.

Question 7

What is the nutrition of livestock feed?

Answer 7

Feeding livestock is a science that considers the nutrient requirements of an animal at different stages of life

Companies that sell livestock feed innovate to improve the quality and nutrition of their feed.

Question 8

What is mastitis?

Answer 8

Pathogenic bacteria lurk on an animal’s body and occasionally find an entrance into the body

The teats are an entry point for bacteria when dairy cattle are milked, and bacteria can cause infection in the udder.

An infected udder may be inflamed and painful to the touch,

Question 9

How can you treat mastitis?

Answer 9

Antibiotics can treat the infection.

Question 10

What is the primary use off antibiotics in dairy cows?

Answer 10

Mastitis

Question 11

What is biosecurity?

Answer 11

A set of practices that reduce the risk of introducing and spreading disease.

Biosecurity protects farm animals from diseases carried by people, animals, pests and vehicles by using sanitation and segregation practices, and building/premises maintenance.

Question 12

What is foot rot?

Answer 12

This infectious disease causes the tissues of living animals to rot, and then the animal lies down in pain

If treatment is delayed this disease spreads to deeper tissues and it becomes less likely that the animal will recover.

Question 13

What causes foot rot?

Answer 13

The culprit is a bacterial infection, so the disease can be successfully treated using antibiotics prescribed by a veterinarian.

Question 14

What is the focus for slaughterhouses?

Answer 14

to make slaughter low-stress and low-pain

Question 15

What environmental issues does livestock contribute to

Answer 15

Expansion of production area may cause deforestation

Poor management may cause degradation of water and soil quality

Often uses more resources to produce than other foods (e.g. crops)

Question 16

In raising livestock, where does the generation of. GHGs come from?

Answer 16

Natural digestive processes in ruminant livestock that lead them to burp and pass greenhouse gases

The energy needed to produce and process livestock feed

The breakdown of manure in storage

The energy to process and transport food products

Question 17

How can impact of livestock production on the environment be mitigated?

Answer 17

by using best management practices or technologies that improve efficiency

Question 18

Why do we want to increase efficiency?

Answer 18

Efficiency means that the same product is produced using fewer resources

Question 19

Why do we continue to produce meat?

Answer 19

Flavour,
Source of protein and nutrients
Consumers with rising incomes can afford more meat
Using land that can not produce crops

Question 20

How is livestock valuable in developing countries?

Answer 20

Food source
Income source (meat, milk, eggs, wool, leather)
Power source for heavy lifting or pulling
Manure fertilizer
Weed control as animals eat weeds

Question 21

In developing countries when money isn’t available for the best new tech what do farmers use?

Answer 21

Traditional methods such as:
Low technology
Low efficiency
Use inefficient machinery
Use hand labou