The concept of animal health associates several issues: absence of disease, productivity, equilibrium with the environment, welfare.

We carried out a survey in which stakeholders involved in pig production chain were asked to describe their perception of animal health. Sixty-nine persons were interviewed (43 veterinarians and scientists, 13 farmers and 13 technical managers) using a semi-directive questionnaire.

They were asked about how they define (i) a healthy animal, (ii) an ill animal and (iii) an healthy herd. The cited items were quite homogeneous between stakeholder categories. The most frequently cited items were productivity and absence of clinical signs.