Parámetros de bienestar animal en ganadería bovina de leche en Iberoamérica

Abstract

Animal welfare parameters in dairy cattle farming in Latin America: Systematic reviewAnimal Welfare (AW) is currently considered one of the most relevant criteria of social interest in livestock farms, although it has various legal considerations worldwide, evidencing a large gap between powerful and developing countries, its application has been growing relatively, mostly supported by the guideline of the European WELFARE QUALITY® project. The objective of the study is to generate a synthesis of the animal welfare parameters in dairy cattle farming in Latin America. The methodology is qualitative, documentary design, based on a systematic review. The search criteria used were: publication date less than 5 years for complete evaluations of the 4 principles of animal welfare or the implementation of improvements in any of these, results (verifiable and verifiable, positive and negative) and geographic location (belonging to Latin America). The results show that research carried out at the Ibero-American level reflects an evident improvement in animals after making a positive change in any of the principles managed by WELFARE QUALITY®. It is concluded that, although an increase can be observed in the application of better BA conditions generally managed by high production farms, in Ecuador, there is still a need to include this concept in the rural context since at this social level there is a poor compliance with the basic freedoms of cattle.