WELFARE INDICATORS
"Development, integration and dissemination of animal-based welfare indicators, including pain, in commercially important husbandry species, with special emphasis on small ruminants, equidae & turkeys"
| Coordinatore | SRUC
Organization address
address: West Mains Road contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 5˙920˙915 € |
| EC contributo | 4˙497˙894 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-KBBE-2010-4 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-IP |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-05-01 - 2015-04-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SRUC
Organization address
address: West Mains Road contact info |
UK (EDINBURGH) | coordinator | 1˙215˙379.20 |
| 2 |
NORGES MILJO-OG BIOVITENSKAPLIGE UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: UNIVERSITETSTUNET 3 contact info |
NO (AS) | participant | 681˙070.80 |
| 3 |
NEIKER-INSTITUTO VASCO DE INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO SA
Organization address
address: BERREAGA KALEA 1 contact info |
ES (DERIO) | participant | 585˙750.00 |
| 4 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
Organization address
address: Via Festa Del Perdono 7 contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 498˙582.00 |
| 5 |
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Organization address
address: The Old Schools, Trinity Lane contact info |
UK (CAMBRIDGE) | participant | 466˙656.00 |
| 6 |
FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINARIA- UNIVERSIDADE TECNICA DE LISBOA
Organization address
address: AVENIDA DA UNIVERSIDADE TECNICA POLO UNIVERSITARIO DO ALTO DA AJUDA contact info |
PT (LISBOA) | participant | 297˙120.00 |
| 7 |
VYZKUMNY USTAV ZIVOCISNE VYROBY V.V.I. UHRINEVES
Organization address
address: PRATELSTVI 815 contact info |
CZ (PRAHA) | participant | 267˙264.00 |
| 8 |
TIERARZTLICHE KLINIK FUR PFERDE
Organization address
address: HOHENFERCHESARER STRASSE 49 contact info |
DE (BEETZSEE OT BRIELOW) | participant | 249˙600.00 |
| 9 |
CENTRO DE ESTUDOS SUPERIORES POSITIVO LTDA
Organization address
address: AVENIDA CANDIDO HARTMANN 1400 contact info |
BR (CURITIBA) | participant | 236˙472.00 |
| 10 |
THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: PO BOX 1847 contact info |
US (BLOOMINGTON) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Animal welfare is one of the topics that has consistently ranked on the top of items brought to the attention of governmental organizations and politicians across European countries. Concerns about animal welfare among European citizens are founded in well thought expectations from governments, industry and other stakeholders. The tremendous public scrutiny on animal welfare related issues put excessive pressure on lawmakers who are expected to offer rapid and effective solutions to perceived animal welfare problems. The need for rapid responses to address animal welfare issues has, oftentimes, pressured animal welfare scientists to develop suboptimal criteria to assess animal welfare and created a gap between fundamental scientific questions in this new scientific discipline and the applied aspects needed to attend the immediate public concerns. In this proposal our goal is to rescue the balance on the need for a science based approach to investigate animal welfare questions. We will develop and test animal based welfare, including pain, indicators in sheep, goats, horses, donkeys and turkeys. In addition we will engage veterinarians to study the relationship between diseases and animal welfare. We will also address more fundamental questions measuring husbandry factors that may affect pre-natal programming of adaptive strategies that my compromise the validity and reliability of welfare indicators. Finally we will integrate research, teaching and outreach activities through the Global Research and Teaching School (Hub) in Animal Welfare Science in order to promote sustainability fostering long-term competitiveness in the European animal industry through a transparent and inclusive relationship among stakeholders.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
EU researchers have developed indicators of animal welfare that can be used to ensure that livestock are treated humanely.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Animal welfare is a major concern for European consumers. Thus, there is a clear need to improve the monitoring of animal welfare amongst livestock populations.
The EU-funded WELFARE INDICATORS project highlighted the need for a science-based approach to animal welfare issues. It aimed to develop and test pain indicators for sheep, goats, horses, donkeys and turkeys, and in general enhance the science of animal welfare in Europe.
Project members began with an extensive review of existing pain and welfare indicators. In addition, a Europe-wide survey assessed knowledge of and attitudes towards pain and disease in production animals.
Another aspect of WELFARE INDICATORS developed the Animal Welfare Biomarkers Laboratory to create protocols for and identify biomarkers of animal welfare. A range of experiments investigated ways to prevent pain and suffering in pregnant or diseased animals.
WELFARE INDICATORS will continue to develop animal-based indicators of welfare and to encourage discourse among scientists and stakeholders through the Animal Welfare Science Hub. This should further the goal of improving science-based policies for animal welfare across the globe.