title: Animal welfare and society concerns finding the missing link.
abstract: Young adults in developed countries are distanced from agriculture and the meat industry needs to do a better job of communicating with them. A major welfare concern is slaughter without stunning. Other concerns, such as poor stunning or high levels of bruising, can be easily corrected by management who is committed to maintaining high standards. Another concern is biological system overload, occurring when animals are bred for more productivity. Researchers and industry need to determine optimum production levels instead of maximums. Retailers are major drivers of animal welfare standards enforcement and they respond to pressure from both activists and consumers.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. Electronic address: cheryl.miller@colostate.edu.
authors.forename: Temple
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grandin
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D001290:Attitude; D004032:Diet; D019649:Food Industry; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat
keywords: Animal welfare; Cattle; Meloxicam (PubChem CID: 54677470); Pigs; Ractopamine (PubChem CID: 14010333); Sheep; Slaughter; Welfare auditing; Zilpaterol (PubChem CID: C10 11507658)