Animal Welfare Indicators at the SlaughterHouse

Health and welfare of food-producing animals is very important. The EU-funded aWISH project aims to introduce a cost-efficient system for welfare assessment and improvement of broiler chickens and fattening pigs on a large scale in Europe. The project focuses on developing an automated solution for monitoring welfare on-farm, during (un)loading, transport and slaughter. The results will be tested and validated in six slaughterhouses and their supply chains across Europe. Moreover, an Animal Welfare Indicator Catalogue and nine Best Practice Guides will be developed to improve key welfare issues. Also the socio-economic and environmental impact of the animal welfare improvement strategies will be investigated, with the inclusion of the needs, perceptions and barriers of all actors from farm to fork.