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EURC_Poultry

Webinar: Assessment of consciousness after waterbath stunning of turkeys

Thursday 14 November 2022, from 10.00h to 12.00h (UTC +2, CEST)

Organized by EURCAW-Poultry-SFA.

The webinar was held via Teams.

Target audience: Official inspectors from the Competent Authorities of the EU MSs

Attendance through invitation only.

 

The PDF of the presentation is available here.

The webinar recording is available here

 

Description:

Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing requires assessing the state of consciousness of the animals in order to identify if the stunning and killing have been effectively done, but it is not an easy assessment.

During this webinar, EURCAW-Poultry-SFA reviewed the most valid, reliable, and feasible indicators to assess the state of consciousness after waterbath stunning (WBS) of turkeys, before and after bleeding, giving the opportunity for discussion and doubts resolution.

 

The aim of the webinar was to:

  • Review the most valid indicators of consciousness after WBS.
  • Discuss the main results of the EURCAW-Poultry-SFA study on test inter-observer repeatability and feasibility of the indicators of consciousness evaluated in commercial slaughterhouses.
  • Discuss the impact of electrical key parameters on stunning efficiency.
  • Recommend ABIs and their methods of assessment (where and how to do the assessment, during how much time, how to do the sampling), and best practices,  providing video examples.

 

The webinar was attended by 70 people (86 registered), from 13 EU Member States:

Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Sweden.

 

Schedule:

10:00-10:10: General presentation of the Centre - V. Michel

10:10-10:20: Indicators of consciousness - A. Velarde

10:20-10:30: Technical study - A. Contreras

10:30-10:45: Methods and recommendations - A. Varvaró and V. Michel

10:45-12:00: Discussion

 

This webinar has been organized within the sub-activity 4.3: Develop course material for specific topics, of the working program 2021-2022.

 

EURCAWs met with National Reference Centres and National Supporting Bodies

September, 13th, 2022

The three EURCAWs (EURCAW Ruminants & Equines, EURCAW Pigs, and EURCAW Poultry-SFA) hosted the second workshop with National Reference Centres for Animal Welfare and the Competent Authorities’ Supporting Bodies on 13 September 2022. In total 89 participants from 22 Member States participated, including 24 members from the three EURCAWs, and three delegates from DG SANTE of the European Commission.

 

The aims of the meeting were to increase collaboration, facilitate knowledge exchange, and to get input to the next work programmes for the three EURCAWs.

 

The report is available here

The slides from this meeting are available here

Answer-Q2E-Poultry-SFA-2022-003 

Key words: Health and body condition, skeletal damage,
Level: Husbandry
Type of production: Laying Hen

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The assessment of foot lesions at slaughter in laying hens

In laying hen farms, birds’ feet are exposed to prolonged contact with soil, litter, housing equipment such as wire floors or badly designed perches, pecking by conspecific, and may develop lesions. These foot lesions, linked to several factors, can cause discomfort and/or pain to the animals and may lead to mortality. Although well assessed on farm, foot lesions could also be observed after slaughter to assess laying hens’ welfare on-farm and the quality of their housing conditions.

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REPORT ON THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY IN COMMERCIAL SLAUGHTERHOUSES OF TURKEYS WITH WATERBATH

Technical study aimed at evaluating the prevalence and the inter-observer repeatability of the most valid and feasible animal-based indicators of the state of consciousness after waterbath stunning in turkeys before bleeding (tonic seizure, breathing, spontaneous blinking and vocalisation) and during bleeding (wing flapping, breathing, spontaneous swallowing and head shaking).

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