The ‘Real Welfare’ scheme: benchmarking welfare outcomes for commercially farmed pigs

The ‘Real Welfare’ scheme: benchmarking welfare outcomes for commercially farmed pigs

Animal welfare standards have been incorporated in EU legislation and in farm assurance schemes, based on scientific information and aiming to safeguard the welfare of the species concerned. Recently, emphasis has shifted from resource-based measures of welfare to animal-based measures, which are co...

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Main Authors: F. Pandolfi, K. Stoddart, N. Wainwright, I. Kyriazakis, S.A. Edwards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
benchmarking
lameness
pig
tail biting
welfare assessment
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731117000246

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