Published in 2024
Scientific article providing preliminary data on the effectiveness of a method of stunning edible snails based on immersion in refrigerated water enriched with CO2 intended to avoid the suffering experienced by these invertebrates when slaughtered.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Molluscs
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Euthanasia
Published in 2024
Scientific paper showing that electrical stunning causes nerve activity to cease in two crustacean species at both central and peripheral levels. However, cardiac activity continues for over an hour after stunning. Heart rate is not therefore a reliable indicator of the sensitivity of crustaceans or of the effectiveness of stunning.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Crustaceans
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Euthanasia, Brain integration
Published in 2024
Technical data sheets published by EURCAW-Poultry-SFA containing the main indicators for the assessment of the state of consciousness of broilers and turkeys, the "iceberg" indicators to assess severe pecking, feather cleanliness, foot pad dermatitis in broilers and leg lesions at slaughter in laying hens.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Aggression, Animal-based measurements, Pain, Education, Euthanasia, Welfare indicators, Mutilation, Vocalisation
Published in 2024
Article following on from the FRCAW report on the slaughter of farmed fish. Ifremer reviews the capacity of fish to feel pain, their legal status, and appropriate slaughter methods. Making pre-slaughter stunning compulsory in France would require investment and an overhaul of the way businesses organize their work, but other countries such as Norway have already done so.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Brain integration, Euthanasia, Experimentation, Pain, Maltreatment, Stress, Societal issues
Published in 2024
Answer from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to a question from a Member of Parliament concerning the role and number of veterinarians in charge of controls in French abattoirs.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Mutilation, Processing
Published in 2024
Analysis of a survey on the occurrence of various animal welfare violations in German abattoirs. Offences reported and penalized mainly concerned the use of prohibited driving aids, lack of care, and improper restraint, stunning and bleeding. The authors suggest that official veterinarians should carry out closer monitoring of compliance with the legislation for these specific situations and that the training of abattoir staff should be improved.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Mutilation, Processing
Published in 2024
Answer from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to a question from a member of parliament on the conditions under which animals are killed in abattoirs, and the measures the government intends to take to ensure effective controls by veterinary services and compliance with current regulations. The presence of an animal welfare officer in each abattoir must also be confirmed.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Mutilation, Processing
Published in 2024
Article reporting on the failure of a mobile on-farm cattle slaughtering initiative, despite the fact that this alternative model meets the animal welfare expectations of both consumers and farmers. The farmer involved looks back at the challenges and obstacles she faced, including the lack of parity instate subsidies compared with industrial abattoirs.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Euthanasia, Livestock farming system,Societal issues, Stress, Transportation
Published in 2024
MASA's response to a question from a French Member of Parliament about animal abuse at the Craon abattoir, despite the Ministry's creation of a national task force in 2021 to increase inspections under the French Abattoir Plan.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Mutilation, Processing
Published in 2024
MASA's response to a question from a French Member of Parliament about the abuse suffered by animals in certain abattoirs in Mayenne, despite the creation by the Ministry in 2021 of a national inspection task force to increase monitoring as part of the French Abattoir Plan.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Bovines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Euthanasia, Abuse, Mutilation, Processing
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