date:May 25, 2012
The new guidelines contain criteria and indicators to measure the welfare of beef cattle, nutrition of feed, lighting for cattle that do not have access to natural light, bedding and other aspects of cattle breeding conditions, the organization said. The OIE also decided on new texts regarding responsible use of antibiotics in food animals.
In 2011 the delegates of the OIE did not reach a consensus on a text on animal welfare of broiler chickens and this years consensus on livestock is a huge s