WSAVA Animal Welfare Guidelines

Abstract

Veterinarians are considered by society to be experts in animal health and the treatment and prevention of animal disease and are similarly regarded in matters of animal welfare. As such, veterinarians are expected to make judgements regarding the welfare of animals both in their care and beyond (Siegford, Cottee and Widowski, 2010). The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) recommends that veterinarians “should be the leading advocates for the welfare of all animals, recognizing the key contribution that animals make to human society through food production, companionship, biomedical research and education” (OIE, 2012). Additionally, the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE), together with the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) declare that “Veterinarians are, and must continually strive to be, the leading advocates for the good welfare of animals in continually and veterinarians to the in good animal and for their animal in The by and and of the of the in animal welfare for health and welfare the welfare the and and of Veterinary are expected to for the of animal welfare that for the and of their veterinarians must in the of and animal and of the with the World Animal Veterinary Association veterinarians to The of leading animal to and in animal welfare are and and and to and good of to for the welfare of with animal that are considered of the are to are and that of veterinarians with the of to to the for and for for the and the and in animals and human health that human and and and in to disease in the American Association the 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