title: [Recent developments in animal welfare legislation (pig husbandry)].
abstract: Council Directive 91/630/EEC of 19 November 1991 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs has been amended in 2001. The following text provides a survey of the progress of the discussion at European level and of the options for transposing into national law.
authors.affiliation: Bundesministerium für Verbraucherschutz, Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, Bonn.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krieger
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000818:Animals; D005062:European Union; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D008297:Male; D013552:Swine