MEHMET KOYUNCU, ŞENİZ ÖZİŞ ALTINÇEKİÇ

Çiftlik hayvanlarında refah

Hayvanlarda refah, hayvanın yaşamsal fonksiyonlarını oluşturan sağlık, hastalık, davranış, yetiştirme ve sürü yönetimi gibi objektif ve subjektif ölçütlerin bir bileşkesidir. Konfor bir hayvanın davranış ve fizyolojisi kadar, onun duygularını ve sağlığını da kapsamakta olup, iyiden kötüye doğru bir değişim gösterir. Hayvanlar birçok fonksiyonel sistemin sonucu olarak yaşamlarını sürdürebilmek için ihtiyaçları oldukça fazladır. Bir hayvanın refahı, karşılaştığı zorlukların üstesinden gelme konusundaki hem başarısızlıkları hem de zorluklarından belirgin şekilde etkilenir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

hayvan refahı, beslenme davranışı, çiftlik hayvanları, sistem yaklaşımı, hayvan davranışları, beslenme durumu

Farm Animal Welfare

Animal welfare is the combination of subjective and objective criterion of the conditions of life for animals, including health and disease, behavior, husbandry and management. Hence welfare varies from good to poor and includes the health and feelings of an animals as well as aspects of its behavior and physiology. Animals have a wide range of needs that are a consequence of the many functional systems that make life possible. The welfare of an animal is clearly affected by both failure to cope and difficulty in coping.

Keywords:

animal welfare, feeding behaviour, livestock, systems approach, animal behaviour, nutritional state,

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