The paper discusses assessment of animal welfare in small ruminant production systems and reports on developments regarding various monitoring schemes, which are used to assess small ruminant welfare at farm level. Further, welfare assessment protocols are presented; these have been derived as results in the Animal Welfare Indicators ('AWIN') project, which had been funded within the European Commission's 7th Framework Program. The role of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in providing a scientific basis for future legislation on animal welfare is described. Finally, emergency medicine to reduce small ruminant suffering and support appropriate decisions to promote welfare of individual animals or populations of animals is also discussed.
On-farm welfare monitoring of small ruminants / M. Caroprese, F. Napolitano, S. Mattiello, G.C. Fthenakis, O. Ribó, A. Sevi. - In: SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH. - ISSN 0921-4488. - 135(2016 Feb), pp. 20-25. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Special Issue: Advances in Sheep and Goats Research: A Holistic Approach : Selected papers from SIPAOC 2014 Meeting, Italy nel 2014 [10.1016/j.smallrumres.2015.12.010].
On-farm welfare monitoring of small ruminants
S. Mattiello;
2016
Abstract
The paper discusses assessment of animal welfare in small ruminant production systems and reports on developments regarding various monitoring schemes, which are used to assess small ruminant welfare at farm level. Further, welfare assessment protocols are presented; these have been derived as results in the Animal Welfare Indicators ('AWIN') project, which had been funded within the European Commission's 7th Framework Program. The role of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in providing a scientific basis for future legislation on animal welfare is described. Finally, emergency medicine to reduce small ruminant suffering and support appropriate decisions to promote welfare of individual animals or populations of animals is also discussed.
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