Scientific Opinion concerning a Multifactorial approach on the use of animal and non-animal-based measures to assess the welfare of pigs

被引：45

作者：

Authie, Edith ^{[1
]}

Berg, Charlotte ^{[1
]}

Botner, Anette ^{[1
]}

Browman, Howard ^{[1
]}

Capua, Ilaria ^{[1
]}

De Koeijer, Aline ^{[1
]}

Depner, Klaus ^{[1
]}

Domingo, Mariano ^{[1
]}

Edwards, Sandra ^{[1
]}

Fourichon, Christine ^{[1
]}

Koenen, Frank ^{[1
]}

More, Simon ^{[1
]}

Raj, Mohan ^{[1
]}

Sihvonen, Liisa ^{[1
]}

Spoolder, Hans ^{[1
]}

Stegeman, Jan Arend ^{[1
]}

Thulke, Hans-Hermann ^{[1
]}

Vagsholm, Ivar ^{[1
]}

Velarde, Antonio ^{[1
]}

Willeberg, Preben ^{[1
]}

Zientara, Stephan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] European Food Safety Author, Parma, Italy

来源：

EFSA JOURNAL | 2014年 / 12卷 / 05期

关键词：

pig; welfare; tail-biting; tail-docking; enrichment; manipulable material;

D O I：

10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3702

中图分类号：

TS2 [食品工业];

学科分类号：

0832 ;

摘要：

Pigs have a need for manipulable materials to satisfy a range of behavioural needs, which can be different in different classes of pig. When these needs are not met, a range of adverse welfare consequences result, one of these being an increased risk for tail-biting in weaners and rearing pigs. The ability to control the risk of tailbiting is essential when aiming to avoid tail-docking. Based on available scientific information this Opinion identifies the multiple interactions between risk factors, welfare consequences and animal and non-animal-based measures on the two subjects requested (i) the absence of functional manipulable materials, for pigs at different stages in life and (ii) tail-biting, for weaners and rearing pigs only. An attempt is made to quantify the relationships between the identified interactions by carrying out a statistical analysis of information from available databases, those being an international dataset collected using the Welfare Quality((R)) protocol, which was not designed to evaluate risk factors for tail-biting and therefore, it had limitations in fitness for this analysis, and a large Finnish dataset with undocked pigs. Based on the current state of knowledge, the AHAW Panel proposes two simple tool-boxes for on farm use to assess (i) the functionality of the supplied manipulable material and (ii) the presence and strength of risk factors for tail biting. Both proposed tool-boxes include a combination of the most important resource-based and animal-based measures. Further development and validation of decision-support tools for customised farm assessment is strongly recommended and a proposal for harmonised data collection across the range of European farming circumstances is presented. A series of further recommendations are made by the AHAW Panel. (C) European Food Safety Authority, 2014

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