Animal fattening
Animal fattening is a production method in livestock farming . The aim is to produce animals for meat production so that their meat can be used for human consumption after slaughter . This goal is achieved through coordinated feeding of the animals, which leads to greater meat growth. A distinction must be made between:
The animal fattening is seldom done outdoors, but mostly in fattening systems or large fattening systems. Farms that predominantly or exclusively fatten animals are called 'fattening farms' or 'large fattening farms'. They operate factory farming (also intensive livestock farming , livestock farming or landless livestock production called), which is a mechanized farming usually only one species for the production of as many animal products.
They are in public criticism because of the environmental pollution associated with them (e.g. multiple antibiotic- resistant germs and odors); some have to be equipped with filter systems.
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- ↑ Rheinische Post of July 17, 2010, page A4: This is what the Green Environment Minister wants ( Johannes Remmel )
- ↑ www.bezreg-muenster.nrw.de Quote: Since the beginning of 2008, a large number of applications for the construction of animal husbandry facilities have been counted in the districts of the Münsterland, especially in Coesfeld and Steinfurt (...). In the municipalities concerned, there has been considerable resistance against these commercial animal husbandry businesses on the part of the citizens and also in the municipal councils. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
