Advancing the quantitative characterization of farm animal welfare
Published in 2023
Paper developing welfare indicators for use in life cycle assessment (LCA) and different ways of aggregating them, then testing them on British pig farms. It shows that farms in the same LCA class have the same types of quality labels, and that the details of the way in which LCA welfare measures are established have little impact on the classification of farms based on their welfare levels.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Environment, Welfare indicators, Living environment