Electrical waterbath stunning of poultry
Published in 2015
Good practice methods for the waterbath slaughter of poultry
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Risk management
Document type : Good Practice Guide
Qu’est-ce que le bien-être des équidés?
Published in 2019
This 12-page leaflet summarises the main principles to follow in order to improve the welfare of horses.
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Learning, Training, Housing, Living environment, Fear, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Animal Transport Guides Project Consortium (2017-rev1 May 2018). "Guide to Good Practice for Poultry Transport"
Published in 2018
This Guide to Good Practice is intended to improve animal welfare during transport by providing practical tools to meet regulatory requirements while suggesting improvements in practice that go beyond the legislation.
The practices in this guide are based on scientific knowledge and publications and on experience and information gathered from stakeholders. No distinction is made between different types of knowledge producer unless this is considered necessary for a better understanding or verification of the source. Its contents may be used to develop company-specific guidelines or Standard Operating Procedures for transporters or other stakeholders, or as a reference source for practical transport management that respects animal welfare.
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Transport
Recommendations to limit the risk of severe pecking in laying hens
Published in 2019
Now that animal welfarek trimming has been called into question in the European Union, farmers must plan for a shift in the medium term to egg production from untrimmed hens. This guide sets out the different actions that can be carried out as part of a whole-animal approach to farming in order to limit the risk of severe pecking in pullets and laying hens.
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment
A European guide to establishing supply chains for whole or immunocastrated male pigs (English version)
Published in 2018
Rearing: the guide includes reports of on-farm experiments to limit the occurrence of boar taint or to achieve 100% immuno-vaccination in males.
Abattoirs: the survey of methods to detect carcasses with boar taint indicates that the majority of supply chains involved use the "human nose" method, following rigorous protocols. Danish scientists report that an objective technique for quantifying malodorous molecules is being developed in an abattoir.
Curing: alternative uses for the small percentage of carcasses with boar taint are set out.
Changing practices: Last, examples of supply chains that have wholly or partially ceased surgical castration highlight the key role of retail sales personnel in promoting product chains that follow the specifications and in making consumers aware of them.
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Societal issues, Risk management, Mutilation, Carcass quality, Processing
Ecorner les jeunes bovins efficacement, facilement et sans douleur
Published in 2016
The dehorning of calves is a practice that can be difficult for farmers. Managing the pain and inflammation caused by this procedure can make it less stressful, not only for the farmer but also for the animals. This booklet provides up-to-date information on good dehorning practices.
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Pain, Mutilation
Castration des bovins : Des conseils pour améliorer la prise en charge de la douleur des veaux et la sécurité des intervenants
Published in 2018
The castration of cattle is a source of pain for the animals. Depending on the method used, this pain can be more or less immediate and/or chronic. Managing pain during castration improves the animal's welfare while making the procedure safer for the operator. This fact sheet, co-produced by a multi-stakeholder working group, describes the main techniques and recommendations for pain management during castration.
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Pain, Mutilation
The IDF Guide to Good Animal Welfare in Dairy Production 2.0
Published in 2019
The updated IDF Guide on Animal Welfare aims to promote the worldwide implementation of good animal welfare practices in dairy production and refers to key standards (OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code and ISO Technical Specification 34700: 2016). It provides recommendations on skills, the feeding and watering of animals, their physical environment, production practices and health management. To assess levels of animal welfare in dairy production systems, examples of outcome measurement criteria are provided.
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Livestock buildings, Pain, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Lactation, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Breeding and rearing systems
Animal Transport Guide Project Consortium (2017-rev1 May 2018). "Guide to Good Practice for the Transport of Cattle"
Published in 2018
This Guide to Good Practice is intended to improve animal welfare during transport by providing practical tools to meet the requirements of the Regulations and to propose improvements in practice that go beyond the legislation.
The practices in this guide are based on scientific knowledge and publications and on experience and information gathered from stakeholders. No distinction is made between different types of knowledge producer unless this is considered necessary for a better understanding or verification of the source. Its contents may be used to develop company-specific guidelines or Standard Operating Procedures for transporters or other stakeholders, or as a reference source for practical transport management that respects animal welfare.
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Transport
Guide to Good Practice - Controlling the welfare of cattle at slaughter
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 Official Journal of the French Republic 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: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Risk management
