Course
Animal Welfare:
From Consumer Demand
to Farm Auditing

• Define what is animal welfare and what influences the people’s perception of animal welfare
• Discuss major factors influencing animal welfare with a specific focus on housing, nutrition and management practices (inducing pain)
• Determine how to evaluate animal welfare on a farm level, set-up and perform a simple audit and analyze the results
• Know how (European) legislation in animal welfare is constructed and what are the main aims of legislation
• Realize what is the market situation in terms of animal welfare-friendly products and the ways to increase the market
• Discuss future evolutions in terms of legislation, situation for farmers and global markets