?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Natural+living+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+a+precondition+for+animal+welfare+in+organic+farming&rft.creator=Lund%2C+Dr.+Vonne&rft.subject=+Values%2C+standards+and+certification&rft.subject=+Production+systems&rft.subject=+Health+and+welfare&rft.description=Results+from+a+four+year+interdisciplinary+project+are+presented.+Animal+welfare+is+discussed+in+relation+to+values+and+aims+in+organic+farming.+Based+on+analyzes+of+organic+standards+and+other+publications+from+the+organic+movement%2C+basic+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9Corganic+values%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D+were+defined.+In+addition%2C+two+studies+of+Swedish+organic+livestock+farmers+(one+quantitative+and+one+qualitative)+were+made.+Ecocentric+ethics+was+then+identified+as+an+ethical+position+for+organic+farming.+The+overall+concern+in+organic+farming+is+to+develop+sustainable+farming+systems%2C+although+animal+welfare+is+also+important.+These+aims+are+partly+contrary%2C+causing+some+difficult+dilemmas+related+to+animal+welfare.+The+actual+welfare+situation+in+organic+animal+husbandry+was+scrutinized+through+a+literature+study.+The+criticism+regarding+bad+welfare+in+organic+farming+could+not+be+confirmed%2C+although+parasitic+diseases+appear+to+be+a+problem.+An+important+finding+is+that+animal+welfare+is+understood+differently+from+what+is+usual+in+conventional+agriculture.+It+is+interpreted+in+terms+of+natural+living%2C+which+includes+the+possibility+to+perform+a+natural+behavior%2C+feed+adapted+to+animal+physiology+and+a+natural+environment.+Problems+in+organic+production+should+be+solved+with+this+in+mind.&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8972%2F1%2FLund%252C_Natural_living%252C_LIvestockScience_100%252C_71-83.pdf&rft.identifier=Lund%2C+Dr.+Vonne+(2006)+Natural+living+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+a+precondition+for+animal+welfare+in+organic+farming.+Livestock+Science%2C+100+(2-3)%2C+pp.+71-83.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8972%2F