Beef cattle production with animal welfare

Abstract

Objective: To review several factors related to animal welfare which affect beef cattle productivity and meat quality.

Approach: The human population increase has risen the demand for animal products. Therefore it has been necessary to produce them in an intensive way, without considering animal welfare. Nowadays beef cattle producers are aware of the different factors that affect animal welfare, such as nutrition, environmental conditions, housing, handling, diseases, transportation, and slaughter; because national and international markets demand animal products in which animal welfare has been taken into account, are innocuous and have high quality for the final consumer