Public health and welfare of animals

Abstract

Javno zdravlje i dobrobit životinja su u dva područja veterinarske prakse i jedan od najjačih spojeva veterinarske i humane medicine. Dobrobit životinja služi kao jedan od najkompleksnijih i sveobuhvatnih mehanizama obezbeđenja uslova za javno zdravlje. Spoj između dobrobiti životinja i javnog zdravlja može se sagledati kroz tri najznačajnije grupe mehanizama, a to su: 1) zajednički mehanizmi obezbeđenja dobrobiti životinja koje služe za proizvodnju hrane i obezbeđenja bezbednosti i kvaliteta namirnica; 2) kroz uspostavljanje i sprovođenje institucije odgovornog vlasništva i kontrolu populacije kućnih ljubimaca poznatih vlasnika i nezbrinutih kućnih ljubimaca, kao i 3) kroz etičke odnose prema oglednim životinjama koje se koriste u naučne ili edukativne svrhe i za testiranje medikamenata.Public health and animal welfare are two areas of veterinary practice and one of the strongest link between veterinary and human medicine. Animal welfare is used as one of the most complex and comprehensive mechanism to provide and ensure all conditions for public health. Connection between animal welfare and public health can be seen in three major groups of following mechanisms: 1) common mechanisms to ensure the welfare of animals used for food production and ensure food safety and quality; 2) the establishment and implementation of responsible ownership institution and pet population control including pets of known owners and free-roaming pets and 3) the ethical relation to the experimental animals used for scientific or educational purposes and for drug testing