畜牧业中的动物福利影响着动物源食品的质量安全,进而影响人们的健康。中国的动物福利发展落后于西方发达国家,体现在人们对动物福利的态度、立法、科学研究、教育及生产实践等诸多方面,这与中国现阶段的畜牧养殖发展水平有关,也与中国国情现状有关。近年来,随着广大消费者对畜产品质量安全的关注,政府、学界及企业界开始重视养殖过程中的动物福利问题,以动物福利理念为指导的健康养殖快速发展,建立健全的福利标识机制和法律规范,引导人们重视动物福利。

Animal welfare in livestock husbandry influenced quality and safety of animal-derived food and then did people’s health. The development of animal welfare in China was lagging behind that in western developed countries in many aspects such as people’s attitude toward animal welfare, legislation, scientific research, education and production practices, which were related to the development level of livestock husbandry and also to national conditions related at present in China. In recent years, with consumers’ attention to quality and safety of livestock products, the government, academia and enterprises have begun to value animal welfare in livestock breeding. The healthy breeding guided by the concept of animal welfare would develop rapidly and the sound welfare labeling mechanism and legal norms would be established to guide people to pay close attention to animal welfare.