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Q2E - Slaughter & Killing
Scientific and technical assistance
The Questions to EURCAW (Q2E) service provides scientific and technical assistance to Competent Authorities (CA), National Reference Centre (NRC), other Supporting Bodies (SB), from the EU Member States and the European Commission, regarding all aspects of welfare legislation implementation. The Centre is covering hatchery, farming, transportation and killing outside of risk assessment and risk management areas.
Webinar: main welfare indicators and methods of assessment for turkeys on-farm
Tuesday 4 June 2024, from 10.00h to 12.00h (UTC +2, CEST)
Organized by EURCAW-Poultry-SFA.
The webinar was held via Teams.
Target audience: Official inspectors from the Competent Authorities of the EU MSs
Attendance through invitation only.
The PDF of the presentation is available here.
The webinar recording is available here.
Description:
Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes requires that Member States ensure that animals are kept under conditions respecting their physiological and ethological needs. Several indicators could be used to assess the welfare of turkeys on farms and will be presented during this webinar.
The aim of the webinar is to review the most valid and feasible indicators and their methods of assessment, with a focus on Animal Based Indicators.
The webinar was attended by 138 people (189 registered), from 17 EU Member States:
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and Sweden.
Schedule:
10:00-10:15: Introduction and presentation of the Center – L.Vinco
10:15-11:00: Presentation of the assessment of welfare in turkeys on-farm using the most relevant indicators and their methods – F. Mocz, L.Vinco.
11:00-12:00: Questions/Discussion with the audience
This webinar has been organized within the sub-activity 4.2: Develop course material for specific topics, of the working program 2023-2024.
The Four EURCAWs Meeting in Thessaloniki
Discussion on new cross-Centre activities
The first in-person meeting of the four EU Reference Centres for Animal Welfare (EURCAW Pigs, Poultry and other small farmed animals, Ruminants & Equines, and Aqua) was held on 6 & 7 June in Thessaloniki, Greece. With approx. 40 participants the meeting started with a series of interesting ice-breakers, followed by interactive sessions to exchange ideas about communications and training, quality assurance and scientific outputs.
On the second day, members of each Centre were asked to present three minute pitches on ‘What are you proud of – a great way to share experiences! A World Cafe format was then used to discuss seven themes for the new three year work programme (2025-2027). The four EURCAWs have agreed to collaborate on new cross-Centre activities, focusing on a number of exciting initiatives – more to come!
Photo: 4 EURCAWs meeting Thessaloniki (©EURCAWs)
Manual handling and carrying a turkey
The Centre is proud of presenting you its latest infographic issued from a Q2E answer, realized in collaboration with La Chaire bien-être animal: for manual handling and carrying turkeys. A graphic tool for operators in the field for improved turkey welfare !
The document is available here.