Proceedings of the 14th Internordic Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)

Organic Farming in the Nordic Countries – Animal Health and Production

Organic farming (or ecological agriculture) is of growing importance in the agricultural sector worldwide. In the Nordic countries, 1–10% of the arable land was in organic production in 1999. Organic farming c...

Authors: S. M. Thamsborg

Animal Welfare in Relation to Standards in Organic Farming

The new EU-regulations on organic farming (1804/1999) are also influencing the animal welfare. A lot of positive regulations is to find, but also regulations that seen to mind more about the general public and...

Authors: Karl-Erik Hammarberg

Animal Health and Welfare in Organic Sheep and Goat Farming – Experiences and Reflections from a Swedish Outlook

Authors: Åsa Lindqvist

Animal Health and Welfare – Pig Production

Requirements of the organic pig farming create an opportunity to offer good life for animals. The space requirements give animals the possibility to exhibit species-specific behavior and provide them opportuni...

Authors: Pirkko Hämeenoja

Health and Welfare in Organic Poultry Production

This review paper deals with the major health and welfare aspects of organic poultry production. The differences between organic and conventional egg and poultry meat production are discussed, with the main em...

Authors: C. Berg

Alternative Therapy of Animals – Homeopathy and Other Alternative Methods of Therapy

Alternative therapy of animals is described, in the meaning of alternatives to veterinary therapy traditionally accepted by veterinary faculties and schools and included in their curricula. Alternative therapy...

Authors: Torleiv Løken

Reduced Medication in Organic Farming with Emphasis on Organic Dairy Production

Medication is an important focus area in organic animal husbandry. The combination of goals relating to improved animal welfare and reduced use of chemicals in general creates a common wish to reduce medicatio...

Authors: Mette Vaarst and Torben W. Bennedsgaard

Breeding for Improved Disease Resistance in Organic Farming – Possibilities and Constraints

Lowered incidences of disease may be reached in several ways: management and rearing measures, vaccination programmes and preventive medications as well as breeding for improved disease resistance. Here the fo...

Authors: Ulf Magnusson

Is the Modern High Potential Dairy Cow Suitable for Organic Farming Conditions?

It is not acceptable to compromise animal welfare in any system of farming. Feeding should be aimed at meeting the nutritional requirements at the various stages of production. This paper deals with the detrim...

Authors: Grétar H. Harðarson

Recycling Biowaste – Human and Animal Health Problems

Biowaste from the food chain is of potential benefit to use in agriculture. Agriculture in general and organic farming in particular needs alternative plant nutrients. However, the quality concerning hygiene a...

Authors: Ann Albihn

Salmonella – A Brief Summary

Salmonellosis is the main cause of human bacterial gastroenteritis in most European countries. Infections with Salmonella is usually subclinical, whereas clinical cases show symptoms with a wide range of sever...

Authors: Esko Nurmi

Zoonotic Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli is a normal inhabitant of the gastrointestinal tract of all warm-blooded animals, but variants of this species is also among the important etiological agents of enteritis and several extraintesti...

Authors: Yngvild Wasteson

May Organically Farmed Animals Pose a Risk for Campylobacter Infections in Humans?

Organic farming of meat producing poultry like broilers, means that the animals should be kept outdoors as much as possible. This pose a risk that they get infected with Campylobacter. At slaughter, carcasses ...

Authors: Anders Engvall