Repeatability of lameness, fear and slipping scores to assess animal welfare upon arrival in pig slaughterhouses

• Published in: Animal (Cambridge, England) Vol. 4; no. 5; pp. 804 - 809
• Main Authors: Dalmau, A, Geverink, N.A, Nuffel, A. van, Steenbergen, L. van, Reenen, C.G. van, Hautekiet, V, Vermeulen, K, Velarde, A, Tuyttens, F.A.M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2010; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal welfare; Behaviour, welfare and health; Chair Ethology; fear, falling, lameness, slaughterhouse, slipping; Leerstoelgroep Ethologie; Livestock Research; LR - Backoffice; Onderzoek; Wageningen Livestock Research; fear, falling, lameness, slaughterhouse, slipping

The EU project Welfare Quality® proposes an overall assessment system for animal welfare based on animal outcomes. The objective of this study was to test inter-observer reliability (IOR) when assessing lameness, fear and slipping and falling scores as parameters for monitoring the welfare of killin...