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Guohuan Organic Agricultural Products (Dezhou) Co., Ltd.
What is animal welfare?
Animal welfare refers specifically to the living conditions of animals. It is scientifically proven that if animals are healthy, comfortable, well-nourished, safe, able to freely express their nature and are not threatened by pain, fear and stress, then animal welfare requirements are met. A high level of animal welfare requires disease immunity and veterinary treatment, appropriate housing, management, nutrition, humane treatment and humane slaughter.
【Five Principles of Animal Welfare】
Physiological welfare, that is, no worries about hunger and thirst;
Environmental welfare, that is, ensuring that animals have adequate housing;
Health and welfare, mainly to reduce animal injuries and diseases;
Behavioral welfare, animals should be guaranteed the freedom to express their nature;
Psychological benefits, i.e. reducing the animals’ fear and anxiety.
【What is Animal Welfare Certification? 】
Animal welfare certification is based on the five internationally recognized animal welfare principles. It starts from the core production factor of livestock and poultry farming, namely the animals themselves, and is based on the concept of treating animals scientifically, reducing animal pain and stress reactions, providing animals with a suitable growth environment and nutrition, and improving animal survival and health levels. It creates a benign ecological environment in the breeding process, coordinates the relationship between breeding production and environmental protection, and ultimately achieves healthy breeding production, providing humans with healthy, safe and nutritious breeding products.
【Benefits of Animal Welfare Assessment】
Improve animal health levels, enhance product quality and safety, form a healthy livestock and poultry product production, processing, procurement and sales industry chain, and promote high-quality and sustainable development of the industry.
While ensuring economic benefits, we fulfill our social responsibilities and improve our market competitiveness.