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1255–1266 M. Gaworski and S. Turbakiewicz
Understanding animal welfare by students and graduates of different studies
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Understanding animal welfare by students and graduates of different studies

M. Gaworski* and S. Turbakiewicz

Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Department of Production Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Nowoursynowska 166, PL02-787 Warsaw, Poland

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Animal welfare is one of the key elements of contemporary approach to animal production. Social consciousness of animal welfare concerns first of all persons responsible for practical implementation of individual solutions for animal welfare improvement. But what about other group of peoples and their relation to animal welfare? The aim of the paper was to analyze some aspects of animal welfare assessment including opinions given by young Polish citizens. The idea of the paper was to investigate, how kind of higher education represented by citizens show effect on understanding of animal welfare problems. The scope of the paper included survey, where 165 graduates of different studies (humanities, polytechnic, medical, economic, art and life sciences studies) had the possibility to present and assess their knowledge on animal welfare. In one of the questions, interpreting an ideal farm with animal production, most respondents, regardless of the field of study, pointed to the key role of maintaining the highest standards determining the welfare and comfort of livestock.

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223-230 M. Gaworski, and A. Leola
Comparison of dairy potential in Europe and its effect on assessment of milking systems
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Comparison of dairy potential in Europe and its effect on assessment of milking systems

M. Gaworski¹,* and A. Leola²

¹Department of Production Management and Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska str. 164, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
²Institute of Technology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 56, EE51014 Tartu, Estonia
*Correspondence: marek_gaworski@sggw.pl

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The development of milking systems is one of the most important examples proving the dynamic improvement of dairy production on the basis of a technical infrastructure. Farm milking systems incorporate many technical solutions—this provides a basis for analysing and assessing different milking systems in use today. Milking systems can be evaluated on the basis of a set of data and indices directly connected with the work of milking installations. The purpose of the analysis is to show how different kind of milking systems can be assessed in view of milk and its selected features, especially the value of the milk.

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