Journal article
Animal welfare as preventative medicine
- Abstract:
- Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to both human and animal health, but reduction of use raises issues of how standards of animal health and welfare can be maintained without them. This turns the spotlight onto the role of good management and higher standards of animal welfare as drug-free ways of improving immune function and increasing resistance to infection. Research is urgently needed into the relationship between animal welfare, immunity, gut microbiota and disease and we are not yet in a position to claim that improving welfare will improve resistance to disease. 'Boosting' the immune system is not straightforward and an interdisciplinary approach is needed.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 93.6KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.7120/09627286.28.2.137
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- Publisher:
- Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
- Journal:
- Animal Welfare More from this journal
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 137-141
- Publication date:
- 2019-05-06
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-08-03
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- ISSN:
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0962-7286
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:892638
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pubs:892638
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892638
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2018-08-03
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- Copyright holder:
- Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2019 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Universities Federation for Animal Welfare at http://dx.doi.org/10.7120/09627286.28.2.137
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