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Trotter welfare’s protection: A legislative
perspective - Annamaria Passantino, Claudia Giannetto,
Letizia Passantino, Giuseppe Piccione
Veterinary World, 8(3): 427-431
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2015.427-431
Annamaria Passantino:
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo
Universitario dell’Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy;
passanna@unime.it
Claudia
Giannetto:
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo
Universitario dell’Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy;
claudiagiannetto@alice.it
Letizia
Passantino:
Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant (D.E.T.O.),
University of Bari, Str. Prov.le per Casamassima Km 3,
70010
Valenzano (BA), Italy; letizia.passantino@uniba.it
Giuseppe Piccione: Department of Veterinary Sciences,
University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, 98168,
Messina, Italy;
giuseppe.piccione@unime.it
Received:
18-11-2014, Revised: 20-02-2015, Accepted: 01-03-2015, Publishing
online: 30-03-2015
Corresponding author:
Giuseppe Piccione, e-mail: giuseppe.piccione@unime.it
Citation:
Passantino A,
Giannetto C, Passantino L, Piccione G (2015) Trotter welfare’s
protection: A egislative perspective. Veterinary World 8(3);427-431.
Abstract
The
Council of Europe’s activities in the field of animal welfare are
particularly noteworthy and comprise the elaboration of several
norms for the protection of animals. Concerning the specific
European Directive, Regulations or Convention for the protection
of animals, the Authors underline the missing of specifics
recommendations concerning the welfare of sport horses and
especially of trotters. Guidelines are reported by regulation of
equestrian sports. The paper’s purpose is to give practical
elements to individuate the welfare state and to promote a clear
regulation on welfare, care and protection of trotters.
Keywords: animal protection, animal welfare,
five freedoms, guidelines, legislation, trotter horses.
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