Impact of EU-regulation on pigs’ welfare during transport
Each year 225 million pigs are transported within the European Union (EU) for slaughter, fattening and breeding. This results in poor animal welfare due to the fact that animals are exposed to several numbers of stress factors in the vehicle during loading, transit and unloading. Animal welfare can...
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| description | Each year 225 million pigs are transported within the European Union (EU) for slaughter, fattening and breeding. This results in poor animal welfare due to the fact that animals are exposed to several numbers of stress factors in the vehicle during loading, transit and unloading. Animal welfare can be defined as how well the animal attempts to cope with its environment and during transport there is often severe difficulty for the pigs to cope properly. There is a growing societal concern for animal welfare. This resulted in that the European Union enacted a law called the EU-regulation with certain directives of how to improve the welfare of the animals during transport. The literature review focuses on EU-regulation and pigs’ welfare during transport. Dead on arrival, unfit for transport, dehydration, lameness, severe injury and exhaustion were used to evaluate welfare of pigs during transport. The incidences of these welfare indicators were higher in 2005/2006 and lower in 2009. Therefore, the impact of EU-regulation 1/2005 shows that the welfare of pigs has been improved, at least in some aspects. The biggest challenge in the future is for all the member states in the EU to comply to the Regulation as this is not a reality today. More progress can be done in the future and there is a need for the Regulation to improve in order to be totally satisfactory regarding the welfare of the pigs. |
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| spelling | RepoSLU70262014-07-22T12:28:56Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7026/ Impact of EU-regulation on pigs’ welfare during transport Axberg, Jessica Animal husbandry Animal physiology and biochemistry Each year 225 million pigs are transported within the European Union (EU) for slaughter, fattening and breeding. This results in poor animal welfare due to the fact that animals are exposed to several numbers of stress factors in the vehicle during loading, transit and unloading. Animal welfare can be defined as how well the animal attempts to cope with its environment and during transport there is often severe difficulty for the pigs to cope properly. There is a growing societal concern for animal welfare. This resulted in that the European Union enacted a law called the EU-regulation with certain directives of how to improve the welfare of the animals during transport. The literature review focuses on EU-regulation and pigs’ welfare during transport. Dead on arrival, unfit for transport, dehydration, lameness, severe injury and exhaustion were used to evaluate welfare of pigs during transport. The incidences of these welfare indicators were higher in 2005/2006 and lower in 2009. Therefore, the impact of EU-regulation 1/2005 shows that the welfare of pigs has been improved, at least in some aspects. The biggest challenge in the future is for all the member states in the EU to comply to the Regulation as this is not a reality today. More progress can be done in the future and there is a need for the Regulation to improve in order to be totally satisfactory regarding the welfare of the pigs. Varje år transporteras 225 miljoner grisar inom Europeiska Unionen (EU) för slakt, gödning och avel. Detta resulterar i sämre välfärd då djuren utsätts för en rad olika stressfaktorer i fordonet under lastning, färd och avlastning. Djurvälfärd kan definieras som hur bra ett djur kan anpassa sig till sin omgivning och under transport har grisar ofta väldigt svårt att anpassa sig till den förändliga miljön. En ökad oro för djurens välfärd resulterade i att den Europeiska Unionen skapade en förordning som har speciella direktiv för att förbättra djurvälfärden under transport. Litteraturstudien fokuserar på EU-förordningen och grisars välfärd under transport. ”Dead on arrival”, olämpliga för transport, uttorkning, hälta, allvarlig skador och utmattning användes för evaluera grisarnas välfärd under transport. Förekomsten av dessa välfärdsfaktorer var högre åren 2005/2006 och lägre år 2009. Därför visar EU-förordningen 1/2005 att grisarnas välfärd har ökat inom vissa områden. Den största utmaningen för framtiden är att alla medlemsländerna i EU ska följa förordningen då detta inte är en verklighet idag. Men mer framsteg kan göras och det finns ett behov av förbättra EU-förordningen för att grisarnas välfärd ska bli optimal. 2014-07-18 First cycle, G2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7026/1/axberg_j_140718.pdf Axberg, Jessica, 2014. Impact of EU-regulation on pigs’ welfare during transport. First cycle, G2E. Uppsala: (VH) > Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management (until 231231) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-650.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-3494 eng |
| spellingShingle | Animal husbandry Animal physiology and biochemistry Axberg, Jessica Impact of EU-regulation on pigs’ welfare during transport |
| title | Impact of EU-regulation on pigs’ welfare during transport |
| title_full | Impact of EU-regulation on pigs’ welfare during transport |
| title_fullStr | Impact of EU-regulation on pigs’ welfare during transport |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of EU-regulation on pigs’ welfare during transport |
| title_short | Impact of EU-regulation on pigs’ welfare during transport |
| title_sort | impact of eu-regulation on pigs’ welfare during transport |
| topic | Animal husbandry Animal physiology and biochemistry |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7026/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7026/ |