Repeatability of lameness, fear and slipping scores to assess animal welfare upon arrival in pig slaughterhouses

The EU project Welfare Quality® proposes an overall assessment system for animal welfare based on animal outcomes. The objective of this study was to test inter-observer reliability (IOR) when assessing lameness, fear and slipping and falling scores as parameters for monitoring the welfare of killin...

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Main Authors: A. Dalmau, N.A. Geverink, A. Van Nuffel, L. van Steenbergen, K. Van Reenen, V. Hautekiet, K. Vermeulen, A. Velarde, F.A.M. Tuyttens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731110000066