Discipline: Ergonomics

Guide to Good Practice - Controlling the welfare of cattle at slaughter

INTERBEV

Published in 2014

This guide has three main objectives:
- To provide, whatever the size of the establishment, a reference tool for professionals intended to guarantee that the regulations currently in force for animal welfare from the time of unloading until they cease to bleed are followed.
- To put forward interpretations of the requirements that are implicit in the Regulations and to translate new scientific knowledge into good practice.
- To provide a methodological tool for animal welfare management by, on the one hand, making recommendations for management and design and, on the other hand, monitoring methods that can be carried out by operators and that allow each production unit to assess the effectiveness of the measures put in place to maximise animal welfare from the moment they are delivered to the moment they are killed.
An opinion published in the Journal officiel de la République Française on 3 April 2014 validated this guide to good practice for the welfare of cattle at the abattoir in its November 2013 version.

Document Types: Good practice guide

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Risk management

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Hommes et animaux d’élevage au travail : vers une approche pluridisciplinaire des pratiques relationnelles

Boivin X., Bensoussan S., L'Hotellier N., Bignon L., Brives H., Brulé A., Godet J., Grannec M.L., Hausberger M., Kling-Eveillard F., Tallet C., Courboulay V.

Published in 2012

The legal recognition of animals as a "sentient beings" means that any consideration of the working relationship between humans and animals in livestock farming must take into account the points of view of both the producer and the animal. In a wider societal context, this has implications for efficient working practices and quality of life in the agricultural professions as much as it does for animal welfare. This review article focuses on multidisciplinary approaches, in particular those that combine the social sciences and ethology, to the understanding and improvement of the farming practices that determine the Human-animal relationshipsshipsship. The article points to the value of describing and evaluating differences in producers' relational practices to achieve a  Human-animal relationshipsshipsship that is beneficial to both humans and animals. 

Document Types: Scientific review

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

Keywords: Fear, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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