?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organic+livestock+farming%3A+potential+and+limitations+of+husbandry+practice+to+secure+animal+health+and+welfare+and+food+quality&rft.subject=+Food+security%2C+food+quality+and+human+health&rft.subject=+Production+systems&rft.subject=+Health+and+welfare&rft.description=Sustaining+Animal+Health+and+Food+Safety+in+Organic+Farming+(SAFO)+is+an+European+Commission+funded+project%2C+with+the+objective+to+contribute+to+improved+animal+health+and+food+safety+in+organic+livestock+production+systems+in+existing+and+candidate+member+countries+of+the+European+Union.+Workshops+form+a+central+part+of+the+SAFO+activities.+This+volume%2C+with+the+contributions+to+the+2nd+SAFO+Workshop+in+Witzenhausen%2C+Germany+in+March+2004%2C+is+one+in+a+series+of+five+proceedings+published+during+the+lifetime+of+the+project+(2003-2006).+Electronic+version+of+the+proceedings+will+also+be+available+at+the+SAFO+web-site+at+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.safonetwork.org%2F.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+2nd+SAFO+workshop+focussed+on+the+impact+of+farm+level+practices+on+animal+health+and+quality+aspects+of+organic+livestock+production.+While+most+farm+assurance+schemes%2C+including+the+organic+farming+certification%2C+are+primarily+concerned+with+regulating+the+production+system%2C+the+outcomes+of+the+system%2C+in+terms+of+animal+health+and+welfare%2C+are+particularly+important+in+livestock+production.+The+status+quo+assessments+presented+in+the+Workshop+suggested+that+animal+health+and+welfare+outcomes+of+the+organic+production+systems+do+not+necessarily+fulfil+high+consumer+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+or+indeed+animal+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+expectations.+It+was+also+suggested%2C+that+there+may+be+particular+problems+in+relation+to+the+quality+and+safety+of+animal+products%2C+particularly+in+situations+where+regulations+to+achieve+wider+objectives+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+e.g.+animal+welfare+-+could+have+negative+impact+in+relation+to+zoonotic+diseases.+Some+of+the+speakers+highlighted+the+inadequacies+of+the+current+inspection+and+certification+systems%2C+in+terms+of+securing+high+levels+of+health+and+welfare+in+organic+livestock+systems.+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+Improved+health+planning%2C+combined+with+a+structured+assessment+of+health+and+welfare+outcomes%2C+as+part+of+certification%2C+was+suggested+as+a+potential+solution+to+these+problems.%0D%0A%0D%0APerhaps+the+most+valuable+offering+of+the+2nd+SAFO+Workshop+was+the+wealth+of+information+on+husbandry%2C+feeding+and+breeding+techniques+that+are+being+developed+for+organic+livestock+production+systems+all+over+the+Community.+In+spite+of+some+formidable+problems%2C+marked+strides+forward+are+being+taken+by+the+farmers+and+their+advisers+in+areas+like+improving+the+poultry+husbandry%2C+identifying+suitable+feeding+and+breeding+strategies+for+dairy+cows+and+controlling+parasites+with+minimal+medicine+inputs.+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+One+of+the+important+tasks+of+the+SAFO+Network+is+to+ensure+that+the+messages+from+these+projects+are+taken+into+consideration+in+the+development+of+the+EU+Regulation+on+organic+livestock+production.%0D%0A%0D%0AContents%0D%0A%0D%0APart+A%3A+Organic+animal+health+management+and+food+quality+at+the+farm+level%3A+Current+state+and+future+challenges%0D%0AOrganic+livestock+production+and+food+quality%3A+a+review+of+current+status+and+future+challenges%0D%0AM.+Vaarst+and+M.+Hovi+%0D%0AAnimal+health+in+organic+farming+defined+by+experts-+concept+mapping+and+the+interpretation+of+the+concept+of+naturalnessl%0D%0AT.+Baars%2C+E.+Baars+and+K.+Eikmans+%0D%0AAnimal%2C+welfare+and+health+problem+areas+from+an+organic+farmer%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s+point+of+view%0D%0AU.+Schumacher+%0D%0AA+veterinarian%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s+perspective+of+animal+health+problems+on+organic+farms.%0D%0AP.+Plate+%0D%0A%0D%0APart+B%3A+Animal+health+and+welfare%3A+organic+dairy+production%0D%0ASwiss+organic+dairy+milk+farmer+survey%3A+which+path+for+the+organic+cow+in+the+future%3F%0D%0AE.+Haas+and+B.+Pabst+%0D%0AAnimal+health+in+organic+dairy+farming+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+results+of+a+survey+in+Germany.%0D%0AC.+Winckler+and+J.+Brinkmann+%0D%0ASuckling+as+an+alternative+rearing+system+for+replacement+calves+on+dairy+farms%0D%0AJ.+Langhout+and+J.-Paul+Wagenaar%0D%0AFeeding+strategies+in+Swiss+organic+farming+to+improve+food+quality+and+animal+health%0D%0AB.+Fr%C3%83%C2%BCh%0D%0AThe+investigations+of+complex+management%3A+The+story+of+bulk+milk+somatic+cell+counts+and+deep+litter+barns%0D%0AT.+Baars+and+G.+Smolders%0D%0AUdder+health+concepts+that+comply+with+organic+principles+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+how+to+reduce+therapies%3F%0D%0AM.+Walkenhorst%2C+C.+Notz%2C+P.+Klocke%2C+J.+Spranger+and+F.+Heil%0D%0AThe+relationship+between+worm+burden+and+milk+quality+of+goats%0D%0AR.+Koopmann+and+K.+Barth%0D%0A%0D%0APart+C%3A+Animal+health+and+welfare%3A+organic+beef+and+sheep+production%0D%0AProblem+areas+in+animal+health+and+welfare+on+organic+farms%3A+Effects+of+pasture+on+animal+health%2C+welfare+and+perf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