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Project to develop Animal Risk Assessment Guidelines on housing and management (Animal Welfare)(CFP/EFSA/AHAW/2009/01) Work package 2: Hazard identification and characterisation, and exposure assessment
Project
Project code: BfR-QUER-08-1342-473
Contract period: 01.12.2009
- 30.10.2010
Purpose of research: Applied research
The current project is proposed to define the components of RA related to the welfare of production animals and to provide conclusions and guidelines for future applications using a further developed methodology for this particular purpose. Specifically, the project aims to review the current state of the art regarding housing and management of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry, to identify and characterise potential animal welfare hazards in these species, to describe hazard exposure, to identify relevant monitoring points to assess animal welfare, to evaluate the RA methodology used and to contribute to the development of an efficient and generally applicable methodology of animal welfare RA.This will be achieved in steps with the following specific objectives:1. Review of the current state of the art with regards to housing and management of the specified animal species (cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry), both in intensive and extensive housing systems and including breeding animals. Special focus will be on housing and management conditions both on farm level as on European level, taking into account the regional diversity throughout Europe. 2. Description of the potential hazards for animal welfare. A description of those factors of the housing and management will be made, taking into account the differences for each species, animal category and management/housing systems and putting this in perspective from farm level to European regional and to European level.3. Development of a list of monitoring points to asses animal welfare at farm level and description of the appropriate scientific measures (animal based or resources based) for the assessment of animal welfare on farm and extrapolation from there to RA to a regional and European level.4. Characterisation of the identified hazards and exposure assessment of these hazards, combining the description of the potential hazards, probability of occurrence, frequency, intention and duration
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Subjects
- Animal Husbandry
- Animal health
- Special animal species
