Veterinary Science & Technology

The State of Farm Animal Welfare in Nigeria: Challenges and Recommendations

Abstract

Oluwapelumi Victoria Boluwaji*

Animal welfare is a complex concept with three areas of concern which include whether the animal is functioning well (eg good health, productivity etc), whether the animal is feeling well (eg absence of pain etc) and whether the animal is able to perform its natural/speciesspecific behaviour that are thought to be important to them (eg grazing). The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) also gave these three states in its definition, in the veterinary training resource ‘Concepts in Animal Welfare’.