Welfare of pigs during killing for purposes other than slaughter

Welfare of pigs during killing for purposes other than slaughter

Abstract Pigs at different stages of the production cycle may have to be killed on‐farm for purposes other than slaughter (where slaughter is defined as killing for human consumption) either individually (e.g. severely injured pigs) or on a large scale (e.g. unproductive animals or for disease contr...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW), Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Julio Alvarez, Dominique Joseph Bicout, Paolo Calistri, Klaus Depner, Julian Ashley Drewe, Bruno Garin‐Bastuji, Jose Luis Gonzales Rojas, Christian Gortázar Schmidt, Virginie Michel, Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca, Helen Clare Roberts, Liisa Helena Sihvonen, Hans Spoolder, Karl Stahl, Arvo Viltrop, Christoph Winckler, Denise Candiani, Chiara Fabris, Yves Van der Stede, Antonio Velarde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-07-01
Series:EFSA Journal
Subjects:
pigs
on‐farm killing
hazards
animal welfare consequences
animal‐based measures
preventive/corrective measures
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6195

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