Animal well-being in husbandry and coping with stress: Introductory remarks

This special issue of Archives of Animal Breeding presents thirteen papers of oral presentations and nine short Communications of poster presentations of the satellite Symposium "Animal Well-Being and Coping with Stress in Farm Animals" held from the 17* to 18* May 2000 in Dummerstorf. The introductory remarks ofthe Symposium coordmators give a short overview of the subjeet, emphasizing that a scientifically grounded theoretical approach to the complex problem of 'well-being' and 'stress' as well as the resulting practical apphcations should regard the influence ofa manifold of different influences in order to develop future breeding Systems more animal friendly without impairing the economic Output.