Abstract

UNGERFELD, Rodolfo. Welfare in farm animals: does national research accompany international demands in the subject?. Veterinaria (Montev.) [online]. 2020, vol.56, n.213, e201.  Epub June 01, 2020. ISSN 0376-4362.  https://doi.org/10.29155/vet.56.213.1.

The publication of the original scientific information generated around the animal welfare status of farm animals is essential to be able to support their conditions in exporting countries such as Uruguay. The objective of this work was to systematize the information on the generation of knowledge in animal welfare in farm ruminants in Uruguay, analyze it in the context of the impact that these productions have in the country, comparing it with the process of knowledge generation that occurred in other regions of the world. For this, the quantity and evolution of publications in the Scopus basis until 2018 that included cattle, sheep or goats were analyzed. Uruguay is listed as affiliation only in 0.35% of the articles of cattle, 0.58% of sheep and 1.0% of goats. In the 3 species, the slope that increases the number of publications began around 20 years later than in the rest of the world: Uruguayan authors began to publish articles more systematically in cattle and sheep only in the last decade. In conclusion, scientific production on aspects of the welfare of farm species generated in Uruguay began late and is still very scarce. Although this has no implication regarding the welfare status of the animals, from the point of view of guaranteeing both ethically and politically the standards required for farm animals, Uruguay is in a situation of significant weakness.

Keywords : Cattle; Sheep; Ruminants; Research; Articles.

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