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Collaborative project: Development of a semantic index model for welfare assessment of cultivated rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and pikeperch (Sander lucioperca). Subproject (IBETA)
Project
Project code: 2817900215
Contract period: 01.02.2017
- 31.01.2019
Budget: 149,500 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: indicators
The aim of the project is the development and verification of semantic models that, based on species- and rearing environment specific welfare indices, access animal welfare in pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The developed models shall offer easy to apply, meaningful tools, which can be implemented from fish farmers, authorities and other bodies to evaluate animal welfare in the target species. They will base on the index models published from Stien et al. (2013) and Pettersen et al. (2014) for the evaluation of animal welfare in salmon aquaculture in net cages (Salmon Welfare Index Model (SWIM) 1.0 and 2.0). The work plan includes the analysis and transmission of SWIM on pikeperch kept in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and rainbow trout kept in flow systems and RAS. Animal welfare indicators used in SWIM were checked for validity for pikeperch and rainbow trout in their characteristic rearing environments and merged. Based on existing literature and practical experience valid indicators were species- and environmentally specifically defined in classes and weighted. The models were completed with species- and environmentally specific indicators, which were not mentioned in SWIM, e.g. gas supersaturation, pH, turbidity, species-specific pathogens and other factors yet to be determined. The course of the project is structured in four work packages: WP1: evaluation, completion and weighting of animal welfare indicators of SWIM, based on existing literature and practical experience. Creating model designs for discussion in an expert panel WP2: discussion of the model designs with experts from science, practice and veterinary medicine. Revision of the models on basis of the discussion results WP3: testing of the developed index models for validity and use in practical operation, if necessary adjustments WP4: reporting.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal health
- Raceways systems
- Recirculation systems
- Computer science
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A collaborative project describes a research plan of a researcher network. It includes several projects, work packages or subprojects. Coordination of the research areas and sub-projects is carried out by a research institution or a work package leader.
The subjects of agriculture and nutritional sciences in FISA are structured as follows:
Plant production
Crop Production, Plant Breeding, Plant Nutrition, Crop Protection, Agricultural Engineering in Plant Production, Grassland, Arboriculture, Horticulture, Vegetable Gardening, Viticulture, and Specialised crops.
Animal production
Animal breeding, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Technology Animal Production, Animal health, Animal nutrition, Special animal species, Beekeeping and health, and Farm animal behaviour.
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Freshwater fisheries, Pond fisheries, Marine fisheries, Raceways systems, Recirculation systems, and Mariculture.
Forestry
Silviculture, Forestry, Wildlife Biology, Forestry Technology, and Forest genetics.
Ecology
Agricultural hydrology, Agricultural Meteorology, Agroecology, Landscape Planning, Soil science, and Organic Farming.
Socioeconomics
Agricultural Policy, Market Analysis, Business administration, Agricultural Sociology, Agroeconomics, and Rural history.
Nutritional Science
Physiology of Nutrition, Home Economics, Nutritional behaviour, and Toxicology.
Interdisciplinary Subjects
Process engineering, Communication Sciences, Biotechnology, Resource management, Genetic Resources, Renewable Resources, Climate Change, and Computer science.
Food technology
Food Chemistry, Food Processing, and Food microbiology.
