Overview of Animal Welfare Aspects of Bali Cattle with Confined Typology in Sumbawa Regency, NTB, Indonesia

The quality of life of cattle will affect their productivity, where productivity is an indicator of animal welfare. Sumbawa is one of the national cattle source areas in Indonesia, both as a producer of beef cattle and seed cattle. The research has been carried out using a survey method, collecting data through structured interviews using questionnaires, field observations and the Animal Needs Index (ANI) with 40 respondents. The purpose of the study was to determine the level of welfare of Bali cattle with the Confined typology in Sumbawa Regency. The results showed that the total ANI score in the study area was 15.32, which was included in the almost prosperous category. The recommendation is that it is necessary to improve the aspect of being freedom from discomfort (FDC) and the aspect of being freedom to express natural behavior (FENB) to improve animal welfare through increasing awareness and understanding of farmers and there needs to be government policy intervention in the context of implementing animal welfare in Sumbawa Regency as a efforts to increase the productivity of Bali cattle