This article is part of the supplement: The role of the veterinarian in animal welfare. Animal welfare: too much or too little? The 21st Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)

Oral presentation

Animal health and animal welfare – is it the same thing?

Jaana Husu-Kallio

Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Mustialankatu 3, FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland

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from The role of the veterinarian in animal welfare. Animal welfare: too much or too little? The 21st Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)
Værløse, Denmark. 24–25 September 2007

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008, 50(Suppl 1):S2doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-S1-S2

Published:	19 August 2008

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

Animal health legislation has a long history. We could even talk about administrative traditions, which have had an important impact on international trade. Nationally, within the EU and internationally, the legislation and the standards concerning infectious animal diseases have developed a lot during the last decades. This development has been based on the latest scientific studies and experience.