Diversity of livestock systems and definition of animal welfare

Proceedings of the Second NAHWOA Workshop
Cordoba, 8-11 January 2000

Edited by M. Hovi and R. Garcia Trujillo

Introduction and Acknowledgements
Part A: Livestock in organic farming: role and research methodologies
Part B: The diversity of organic livestock systems – Austria and Spain
Part C: Organic livestock production standards
Part D: Organic livestock production and animal welfare

 

Contents

Introduction

Malla Hovi & Roberto García Trujillo

pp1-2
Acknowledgements pp3
Part A: Livestock in organic farming: role and research methodologies

Agricultural systems research

W. Lockeretz & E. Boehncke

pp5-12

Integration of livestock into organic farming systems

D. Younie

pp13-21

Methodology in animal health and livestock research in organic livestock production

M. Vaarst

pp22-24
Part B: The diversity of organic livestock systems – Austria and Spain

Animal husbandry in alpine organic farming – regional diversity and critical obstacles in Austria

M. Eder, L. Kirne, and W. Zollitsch

pp26-34

Organic animal husbandry conversion in Navarra, Spain

J. M. Ameztoy

pp35-39

Organic livestock production in Spain

R. García Trujillo

pp40-49

The Dehesa: an extensive livestock system in the Iberian Peninsula

R. García Trujillo and C.Mata

pp50-61
Part C: Organic livestock production standards

Comparison of European Organic Livestock Standards with national and international standards - problems of common standards development and future areas of interest

O. Schmid

pp63-75

Appendix IV: Comparison of Organic Livestock Production Standards between the new EU Regulation Nr. 1804/1999, IFOAM Basic Standards of November 1998 and the new draft guidelines of Codex Alimentarius ALINORM 99/22A

O. Schmid

pp76-91

EU Regulation 1804/1999 - the implications of limiting allopathic treatment

R. Keatinge, D. Gray, S. Milan Thamsborg, A. Martini, P. Plate

pp92-98

Discussion report: Discussion of the EU livestock regulation (1804/99) at the 2nd NAHWOA workshop in Cordoba, Spain 9-11/01/2000

S. Padel and R. Keatinge

pp99-106
Part D: Organic livestock production and animal welfare

Defining positive welfare and animal integrity

H. Verhoog

pp108-119

An ethological definition of animal welfare with special emphasis on pig behaviour

G. van Putten

pp120-134

How to measure animal welfare?
The idea of an "Animal Needs Index" ANI-35L [Tiergerechtheitsindex TGI 35L]: a practical tool for assessing farm animal housing conditions on farm level in respect to animals´ well being and behavioural needs - Austrian experiences

H. Bartussek

pp135-142

Comparison of welfare assessment in organic dairy herds by the TGI200-protocol and a factor model based on clinical examinations and production parameters

Torben Bennedsgaard and Stig Milan Thamsborg

pp143-150

Is there a such a thing as "organic" animal welfare?

Vonne Lund

pp151-160

Discussion report: What to do about animal welfare in organic farming? A report on the Animal Welfare Discussion at the 2nd NAHWOA Workshop

S. M. Thamsborg, M. Hovi and T. Baars

pp161-165