Animal diseases in production and subsistence environments have the potential to
negatively affect consumers, producers, and economies as a whole. A growing global …

This article reviews the literature on the economics of farm animal welfare. It starts with the
challenge of defining and measuring animal welfare. Subsequently, the demand for farm …

The structural change toward larger (dairy) farms is often criticized because it supposedly
has a negative effect on farm animal welfare. We investigated this criticism using cross …

Agricultural production methods in Europe are increasingly subject to public criticism from
which many farmers suffer. This applies, among other areas, to the widespread use of …

Abstract In Germany (and other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
countries), the need for a fundamental transformation of livestock farming has become …

In recent decades, the demand for ethically acceptable treatment of animals–especially in
case of livestock animals–has increased significantly in western societies and can thus have …

The future success of the European livestock farming sector is at a critical stage, at least if
success includes besides positive economic output, non-market values such as public …

In der jüngeren Vergangenheit wird der Umgang mit Tieren, insbesondere den
sogenannten landwirtschaftlichen Nutztieren, von der Gesellschaft zunehmend kritisch …

Im Stall von 1990 erinnerte wenig an das dortige Geschehen vierzig Jahre zuvor. Neue
Tiere produzierten die begehrtesten Lebensmittel der Konsumgesellschaft, Fleisch, Milch …

Die aktuelle intensive Form der Nutztierhaltung gewinnt weltweit an Bedeutung. Sie wird
jedoch mit wachsender gesellschaftlicher Kritik und Ablehnung konfrontiert. Insbesondere in …