Animal Welfare, Health and the Fight against Climate Change: One Solution for Global Objectives

Giancarlo Bozzo, Marialaura Corrente, Giovanni Testa, Gaia Casalino, Michela Maria Dimuccio, Elena Circella, Nazario Brescia, Roberta Barrasso and Francesco Emanuele Celentano
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Giancarlo Bozzo: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Marialaura Corrente: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Giovanni Testa: Postgraduate School in Inspection of Food of Animal Origin, Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Gaia Casalino: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Michela Maria Dimuccio: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Elena Circella: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Nazario Brescia: Department of Law, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Umberto I, 70121 Bari, Italy
Roberta Barrasso: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Francesco Emanuele Celentano: Department of Law, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Umberto I, 70121 Bari, Italy

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: Climate change is internationally recognized as a source of concern by governments, scientists and public opinion. In this context, the need to find concrete solutions becomes increasingly urgent. Numerous economic sectors contribute to alteration of climate, especially livestock and, more generally, food production-related activities. For this reason, animal welfare policies, the complex of norms and regulations adopted by single Member States and the European Union in the field of meat production, could be a useful instrument in the climate transition invoked by policy makers and scientists. The aim of this paper was to analyze the current system of animal welfare from a legal and veterinary perspective, and to demonstrate how important and useful, it could be in the fight against climate change; at least if correctly implemented and applied.

Keywords: animal welfare; health; antibiotics; climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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