The nexus of environmental quality and livestock welfare.
In recent years, the livestock production industry has been receiving pressure to assess and improve production practices in two seemingly unrelated areas: environmental quality and animal welfare. In this article, we argue that the nexus of these two areas of study should be a priority for future research and that the integration of these disciplines in research, extension, and education efforts has the potential to improve the sustainability of production livestock agriculture.
Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078; email: sara.place@okstate.edu.
Sara E
SE
Place
Frank M
FM
Mitloehner
D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D058751:Livestock / Q000502:physiology*
air quality; animal well-being; climate change; stress; water quality