Application of Methods to Assess Animal Welfare and Suffering Caused by Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Swine Populations

Control of infectious diseases in livestock has often been motivated by food safety concerns and the economic impact on livestock production. However, diseases may also affect animal welfare. We present an approach to quantify the effect of five infectious diseases on animal welfare in cattle (three...

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Autores principales:	Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Hans Houe, Matthew Denwood, Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen, Björn Forkman, Nina Dam Otten, Jens Frederik Agger
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	animal welfare Aujeszky´s disease bovine viral diarrhoea infectious bovine rhinotracheitis <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> subsp. <i>paratuberculosis</i> porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4380625c6f4449968b8da7a053d3ae472021-11-25T16:13:39ZApplication of Methods to Assess Animal Welfare and Suffering Caused by Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Swine Populations10.3390/ani111130172076-2615https://doaj.org/article/4380625c6f4449968b8da7a053d3ae472021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/11/3017https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615Control of infectious diseases in livestock has often been motivated by food safety concerns and the economic impact on livestock production. However, diseases may also affect animal welfare. We present an approach to quantify the effect of five infectious diseases on animal welfare in cattle (three diseases) and pigs (two diseases). We grouped clinical manifestations that often occur together into lists of clinical entities for each disease based on literature reviews, and subsequently estimated “suffering scores” based on an aggregation of duration, frequency, and severity. The duration and severity were based on literature reviews and expert knowledge elicitation, while frequency was based mainly on estimates from the literature. The resulting suffering scores were compared to scores from common welfare hazards found under Danish conditions. Most notably, the suffering scores for cattle diseases were ranked as: bovine viral diarrhoea and infection with <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> subsp. <i>paratuberculosis</i> > infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, and for pigs as: porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome > Aujeszky’s disease. The approach has limitations due to the limited data available in literature and uncertainties associated with expert knowledge, but it can provide decision makers with a tool to quantify the impact of infections on animal welfare given these uncertainties.Søren Saxmose NielsenHans HoueMatthew DenwoodLiza Rosenbaum NielsenBjörn ForkmanNina Dam OttenJens Frederik AggerMDPI AGarticleanimal welfareAujeszky´s diseasebovine viral diarrhoeainfectious bovine rhinotracheitis<i>Mycobacterium avium</i> subsp. <i>paratuberculosis</i>porcine respiratory and reproductive syndromeVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ZoologyQL1-991ENAnimals, Vol 11, Iss 3017, p 3017 (2021)
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topic	animal welfare Aujeszky´s disease bovine viral diarrhoea infectious bovine rhinotracheitis <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> subsp. <i>paratuberculosis</i> porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
spellingShingle	animal welfare Aujeszky´s disease bovine viral diarrhoea infectious bovine rhinotracheitis <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> subsp. <i>paratuberculosis</i> porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991 Søren Saxmose Nielsen Hans Houe Matthew Denwood Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen Björn Forkman Nina Dam Otten Jens Frederik Agger Application of Methods to Assess Animal Welfare and Suffering Caused by Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Swine Populations
description	Control of infectious diseases in livestock has often been motivated by food safety concerns and the economic impact on livestock production. However, diseases may also affect animal welfare. We present an approach to quantify the effect of five infectious diseases on animal welfare in cattle (three diseases) and pigs (two diseases). We grouped clinical manifestations that often occur together into lists of clinical entities for each disease based on literature reviews, and subsequently estimated “suffering scores” based on an aggregation of duration, frequency, and severity. The duration and severity were based on literature reviews and expert knowledge elicitation, while frequency was based mainly on estimates from the literature. The resulting suffering scores were compared to scores from common welfare hazards found under Danish conditions. Most notably, the suffering scores for cattle diseases were ranked as: bovine viral diarrhoea and infection with <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> subsp. <i>paratuberculosis</i> > infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, and for pigs as: porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome > Aujeszky’s disease. The approach has limitations due to the limited data available in literature and uncertainties associated with expert knowledge, but it can provide decision makers with a tool to quantify the impact of infections on animal welfare given these uncertainties.
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author	Søren Saxmose Nielsen Hans Houe Matthew Denwood Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen Björn Forkman Nina Dam Otten Jens Frederik Agger
author_facet	Søren Saxmose Nielsen Hans Houe Matthew Denwood Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen Björn Forkman Nina Dam Otten Jens Frederik Agger
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title	Application of Methods to Assess Animal Welfare and Suffering Caused by Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Swine Populations
title_short	Application of Methods to Assess Animal Welfare and Suffering Caused by Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Swine Populations
title_full	Application of Methods to Assess Animal Welfare and Suffering Caused by Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Swine Populations
title_fullStr	Application of Methods to Assess Animal Welfare and Suffering Caused by Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Swine Populations
title_full_unstemmed	Application of Methods to Assess Animal Welfare and Suffering Caused by Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Swine Populations
title_sort	application of methods to assess animal welfare and suffering caused by infectious diseases in cattle and swine populations
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Application of Methods to Assess Animal Welfare and Suffering Caused by Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Swine Populations

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