<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aparicio Tovar, M.a.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vargas Giraldo, J D</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Considerations on ethics and animal welfare in extensive pig production: Breeding and fattening Iberian pigs</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Livestock Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">animal welfare</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">breeds</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ethics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">extensive pig production</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">outdoor</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">103</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">237-242</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The extensive pig production in Spain is traditionally characterised by: the use of the Iberian pig, an autochthonous breed perfectly integrated into the environment in which they have developed; a long duration of the productive cycle for about 23– 24 months; a high level of animal welfare level, specially in the fattening process with freedom of movement and feeding base on natural sources: acorns and grass, and an equilibrated “dehesa” agro-forestry system where this activity has been developed. Nowadays, the introduction of more intensificated methods due to the increasing demand led to important changes, such as: the shortening of the productive cycle (10–12 months); freeing from the territorial base; changes during the fattening period, fattening with mixed feed and less animal freedom. All these facts may implicate a loss of the animal welfare condition. These circumstances lead us to question it from an ethical point of view.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>