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Animal Welfare
What is Animal Welfare?
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Animal Welfare
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What does animal welfare mean to you?
Welfare generally refers to “the quality of an animal’s life as it is experienced by an individual animal”.
In its holistic sense, welfare encompasses not only the health and physical wellbeing of the animal, but the animal’s psychological wellbeing and the ability to express its own important behaviour. Welfare can be described as high if the animals are fit and healthy, feeling good and free from suffering.
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This leaflet explains the concept of animal welfare, how it is can be defined and the implications for sentience, emotions and productivity of modern farm animals.
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Animal Welfare
Farm Animal Welfare - Glossary of Terms
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A glossary of farm animal welfare terms to help you understand and communicate on farm animal welfare.
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Humane Slaughter
COVID-19 - Guidance on the humane slaughter of animals on farm
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The Coronavirus pandemic gives rise to the possibility that animals may need to be killed on-farm, for example, if feed cannot be delivered or if the animals cannot be transported to a slaughterhouse and would otherwise suffer. It is imperative that companies continue to slaughter these animals humanely.
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Humane Slaughter
Humane Slaughter Summary
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This document provides an overview of the principles of humane slaughter, an introduction to the main methods of slaughter in use commercially and general recommendations for its inclusion into corporate animal welfare policies.
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Cross-Species Information
USA versus UK Animal Welfare and Food Safety Standards Comparison
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An infographic highlighting some of the major differences between animal welfare and food safety standards in the USA and the UK.
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Antibiotic Usage
How to develop an Antibiotic Stewardship Programme: A guide for corporates
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An effective Antibiotic Stewardship Programme (ASP) is required to protect animal health and welfare today and maintain the efficacy of our antibiotics into the future.
An effective ASP provides a clear strategy to achieve responsible use of antibiotics in your supply chain, helping you as a company to take control of the process and ensure its effective implementation, to:
- reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics
- eliminate/robustly regulate the use of human critical antibiotics
- help prevent the development of antibiotic resistance
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(PDF 5.31MB)
