Home About Browse Search
Svenska


Johansson, Josefine, 2012. Vad är lantbrukarens syn på länsstyrelsens djurskyddskontroll?. First cycle, G2E. Skara: SLU, Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231)

[img]
Preview
PDF
532kB

Abstract

Indications on poor understanding for the animal producers situation from the inspectors of animal welfare control have been seen in papers from farmers interest organizations. The aim of this study was to investigate what farmers view is on the animal welfare inspections done by regional Swedish authorities as well as the animal welfare inspectors work. The study investigated whether or not there were any differences between different counties in Sweden. There were also questions asked to see what animal producers thought could change in the animal welfare inspectors work so it would benefit them. The study was conducted using a telephone interview questionnaire. Answers from 36 animal producers were gathered from four different counties; Skåne, Halland, Dalarna and Östergötland.

The main results were that more than half of the animal producers are of the opinion that animal welfare inspectors have inadequate experience of practical work with farm animals. It was also shown that animal producers find that animal welfare inspector have a better theoretical knowledge of animals and animal welfare legislation than they have of practical experience with animals. The animal producers in the study seem to be satisfied with how animal welfare inspectors treated them when they were conducting the animal welfare inspection. Some of the animal producers thought that the animal welfare inspections need to be more standardized between different inspectors and between the different counties. Similar views were shown in a study by Anneberg et al. (2012) were farmers request a control system which is objective and judge different farms on the same scale in the same way. There were some differences between the four different counties that were investigated in the study, but more data needs to be collected to make general conclusions.

Scientific research in the field of animal producers views of animal welfare inspections and the work of animal welfare inspectors work is inadequate and further studies should be considered necessary. A deeper knowledge in this area would contribute to an improved relationship between animal producers and animal welfare inspectors.

Main title:Vad är lantbrukarens syn på länsstyrelsens djurskyddskontroll?
Authors:Johansson, Josefine
Supervisor:Gunnarsson, Stefan
Examiner:Lidfors, Lena
Series:Studentarbete / Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Institutionen för husdjurens miljö och hälsa
Volume/Sequential designation:429
Year of Publication:2012
Level and depth descriptor:First cycle, G2E
Student's programme affiliation:VK002 Ethology and Animal Welfare - Bachelor's Programme 180 HEC
Supervising department:(VH) > Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231)
Keywords:djurskyddskontroll, djurskyddsinspektör, länsstyrelsen, djurhållare
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-1713
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-1713
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:Agricultural economics and policies
Animal ecology
Veterinary science and hygiene - General aspects
Language:Swedish
Deposited On:03 Oct 2012 08:34
Metadata Last Modified:03 Oct 2012 08:34

Repository Staff Only: item control page

Downloads

Downloads per year (since September 2012)

View more statistics