This diploma thesis deals with legislative regulations in providing welfare (well-being) and health of animals. The impuls for this diploma are the cattle breeders facing to increasing requierements targeting the provision of welfare of livestock. These requirements are leading to changes especially in the field of the production technology in case of both newly installed and exististing breeding technology. The changes mentioned above result from directives adopted in the European Union and are implemented to the Czech legislation. The main attention is concentrated on the issue of welfare and health of animals in the stock of layers and beef-cattles or more precisely in the stock of dairy cattles. The essence of the diploma thesis consists in the analysis of economic consequences of implemented regulations for breeders of mentioned animal husbandry in the Czech Republic. Economic analysis considers costs and economic effectiveness of new technology and the distrbution shed use for farms.

Problem. On the present time both Lithuania and EU market dominate pigs and cattle breeding. Consumer researches shows, that growing demand on high digestibility and nutrient, quick prepare animal products. On this way duck meat is very valuable product. Problem is that now dominate small farms, where traditionally growing few local, not very productive ducks. Like there is no real local market, so there is no well develop duck breeding. The subject of research. After good analyses of duck breeding and risk factors, to take measures of duck business development in Lithuania. Tasks: To estimate different duck species peculiarity and analyse duck meat quality depend to market demand; To estimate duck breeding technology and use in Lithuania farms; To estimate risk and possibility of duck business in Lithuania. Results. Consumer researches shows, that people prefer not fat, fragile, muscular duck meat. These features satisfy meat duck mularde females. From a technological viewpoint duck is insensitive to temperature, moisture, feed changes, so it’s possible to grow them both intensive and extensive farms. Technological, zoohigienic and economic duck growing research showed that the most promising duck breeding is like part business – on the summer time use empty animal husbandry buildings. At best is to grow heterozic hybrids. These precondition enable in Lithuania to create small duck farms, which sells fresh meat straight from the farm and secure flexible sells and... [to full text]

In recent years, the health and psychological problems of horses that are related to the way of housing are perceived. In the Czech Republic breeders are becoming aware of an active housing system. The result of the work is, based on the acquired knowledge of the natural characteristics and needs of horses, the proposal of a project of an active housing system for twenty horses in the locality of South Bohemia. The technology makes it possible to keep all horses in the system together despite the different feed and movement requirements. With detachable chips attached to the underside of the horse's forelegs, management is set up by the breeder in the software that controls the feed ration and the rate of movement of the housed horse individually. It has been found that the system of active housing is suitable for most breeds and also for the differently exploited individuals. It is not advisable to accommodate the horse with a fine to weak constitution due to the poor adaptability of the external conditions. Acquisition costs for realization according to a concrete project proposal were estimated to be less than CZK 3,000,000. These include, in particular, technology, construction and surface costs. The return is 11 years. List of the most important advantages of the housing system: for horses - natural movement in fresh air, herd social contact, long-term feed intake after small doses reducing the risk of colic, thanks to the variety of surfaces of healthy hooves, strengthens the overall immunity, for horse owners - reduce costs for veterinarians, farms, keeping a horse in good physical condition and psychological well being, for breeders - increasing work efficiency, reducing strenuous manual labor, saving and improving feed utilization.

The comparison of the results of milk yield and fertility of first-calvers of Bohemian Spotted Cattle is the main aim of my thesis. Monitored cows (on the 1. lactation) were bred in different conditions (in the stanchion and free housing systems) and then housed in stanchion and free stalls production livestock barn. Comparison was made in the agricultural co-operative in Černovice u Tábora, which farms in the Region Pelhřimov district. Monitoring was carried out in 2009.