Animal category: Porcines

French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°38226: Abattage sans étourdissement

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Non-registered - Essonne), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on the availability of statistical data on the production of and demand for meat from ritual slaughter.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues

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Senate: Written answer to question n°21673: Abattage sans étourdissement

André Vallini (Isère - SER), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Question on the existence of statistics on the demand for and production of meat from ritually-slaughtered animals in France.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues

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A Retrospective Literature Evaluation of the Integration of Stress Physiology Indices, Animal Welfare and Climate Change Assessment of Livestock

Edward Narayan, Michelle Barreto, Georgia-Constantina Hantzopoulou, Alan Tilbrook

Published in 2021

Scientific review of articles dealing with 4 topics, both alone and in combination: animal welfare, the physiology of stress, impacts on climate change, and production in livestock farming. It concludes that, although all these areas are strongly represented in the literature, there is a lack of studies examining their interactions and their impacts on livestock production.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Environment,Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress

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A Systematic Review on Validated Precision Livestock Farming Technologies for Pig Production and Its Potential to Assess Animal Welfare

Yaneth Gómez, Anna H. Stygar, Iris J. M. M. Boumans, Eddie A. M. Bokkers, Lene J. Pedersen, Jarkko K. Niemi, Matti Pastell, Xavier Manteca, Pol Llonch

Published in 2021

A systematic review of the scientific literature on precision breeding technologies that can be used in pig production to assess welfare. It identifies numerous types of system  but many of these have yet still to be approved and none has the capacity to assess an animal's emotional state. 

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Breeding and Rearing systems

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Fewer, bigger, more intensive: EU vows to stem drastic loss of small farms

Fiona Harvey

Published in 2021

Article presenting the measures to be included in the new EU Common Agricultural Policy to support small farms and ensure better animal welfare.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Breeding and rearing systems

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Le bien-être des animaux d’élevage – Évaluer le bien-être animal

Luc Mounier, Alain Boissy, Alice de Boyer des Roches, Christine Duvaux-Ponter, Raphaël Guattéo, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Pierre Mormède

Published in 2021

The second volume of a series of three reference books from the "Farm Animal Welfare" MOOC developed by French teacher-researchers and animal welfare specialists. This volume is devoted to the assessment of farm animal welfare.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators

Animal Welfare Policies and Human Rights in the Context of Slaughter Procedures

Giancarlo Bozzo, Roberta Barrasso, Davide Ferorelli, Vito Gassi, Roberto Russo, Francesco Emanuele Celentano

Published in 2021

Article assessing ritual slaughter practices from a legal perspective, taking into account both wider human rights and animal welfare policies

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues

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Final report of an audit of Belgium from 12 october 2020 to 16 october 2020 in order to evaluate controls of animal welfare at slaughter and during related operations

DG SANTE

Published in 2021

DG SANTE audit report on Belgium highlighting that little progress has been made by the Belgian competent authorities since the previous audit in 2014 on the assessment of the effectiveness of official controls on commercial operators when killing animals in abattoirs.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Consciousness, Pain

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Final report of an audit of France carried out from 26 October 2020 to 9 November 2020 in order to evaluate animal welfare during transport by livestock vessel to non-EU countries

DG SANTE

Published in 2021

DG SANTE audit report on France, concluding that the controls carried out on vessels loading in France and in the course of the French approvals procedure for livestock vessels are not sufficient to minimise the risks for animal welfare.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Transport

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Scientific knowledge about fitness for transport of pigs reviewed

Mette S. Herskin, Marien A. Gerritzen, Michael Marahrens, Marc B.M. Bracke, Hans A.M. Spoolder

Published in 2021

Summary of the EURCAW-Pigs scientific review on the fitness for transport of pigs, setting out the European regulations and the two major areas to be addressed during inspection. The animals to be transported must be checked for signs of illness and poor physiological condition, for which checklists are provided 

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Transport