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Stunning and killing for Poultry
This sub-page focuses on the welfare priority area 3. Stunning and killing for poultry.
The sub-page includes welfare indicators, factsheets and methods, reviews, reports on experimental studies, good welfare practices, training, and videos.
Laying hens welfare
The sub-page is dedicated to the welfare priority area 2. Layhing hens in alternative housing system.
The sub-page includes welfare indicators, factsheets and methods, reports on experimental studies, good welfare practices, training, webinars, scientific studies and guidelines.
Broilers welfare
The sub-page is dedicated to the welfare priority area 1. Broiler chicken on farm.
The sub-page includes welfare indicators, factsheets and methods, reports on experimental studies, good welfare practices, training, webinars, scientific studies and guidelines.
Topics
Knowledge base
The objective of the knowledge base is to make available documents relevant to competent authorities national contact points, official inspectors and target bodies (scientific, legal, and technical documents) related to the activity of the EURCAW-Poultry-SFA .
In 2022, the Centre created the EURCAW-Poultry-SFA Zenodo Community: EURCAW-Poultry-SFA knowledge base. The community is curated by the Centre and dedicated to the Centre’s output production related to the Centre’s five activities.
A search engine permits search outputs published in the EURCAW-Poultry-SFA knowledge base via a type of file, and keywords. Moreover, the search results can be sorted out by most viewed, best match, most recent, publication date, conference session, journal, and version.
Indicator and Iceberg indicator factsheets
When official veterinarians or inspectors perform animal welfare inspections on farms or at slaughterhouses, they follow a checklist tied to the EU and/or national legal requirements, often specified for the specific species and stage of production. During such an animal welfare inspection, different parameters are chosen as indicators of animal welfare, and the sum of those is considered the overall welfare status of the flock.
Useful definitions:
Indicator: an occurrence, observation, record, or measurement which has a proven relationship with the legal requirement, which can be:
- Animal-based indicator (ABI): a response of an animal or an effect on an animal used to assess its welfare. It can be taken directly on the animal or indirectly and includes the use of animal records.
- Resource-based indicator (RBI): an evaluation of a feature of the environment in which the animal is kept or to which it is exposed.
- Management-based indicator (MBI): an evaluation of what the animal unit manager or stockperson does, and which management processes or tools are used.
Iceberg indicator: indicator reflecting major welfare issues in an integrative manner in order to enable an initial overview of the welfare state.
Scientific output
In this sub-page, you will find a summary of EURCAW-Poultry-SFA's deliverables since the Centre's creation.
Output overview
The sub-pages 'Scientific output', 'Indicator factsheets', and 'Knowledge-base' give an overview of the output and deliverables related to EURCAW-Poultry-SFA's activities (described in the 2021 Work Programme):
- 2. Animal Welfare indicators, methods for the assessment, and methods of improvement
- 3. Scientific and technical studies
- 5. Dissemination of research findings and innovations
The output of activity 4. Training courses can be found on its dedicated page 'Training'.
Output
Activities overview
EURCAW-Poultry-SFA provides scientific and technical knowledge to Competent Authorities of EU member states and their support bodies, for the official controls on poultry and other small farmed animals welfare requirements laid down in the European poultry and small farmed animals welfare legislations.
EURCAW-Poultry-SFA has five main activities (described in the 2021 Work Programme):
- 1. Coordinated assistance
- 2. Animal Welfare indicators, methods for the assessment, and methods of improvement
- 3. Scientific and technical studies
- 4. Training courses
- 5. Dissemination of research findings and innovations
