What are the AWIN welfare assessment

protocol?

It is a science-based welfare assessment

method, built on animal-based indicators,

including pain.

What are they for?

It is intended to assess welfare of turkeys,

sheep, goats, horses and donkeys on farm.

Why use a two level approach

strategy?

The AWIN welfare assessment protocols offer,

as a first level, a quick screening, consisting of

a selection of robust and feasible animal-

based indicators. Depending on the outcome,

a second level, consisting of a more

comprehensive and in-depth assessment, may

be recommended.

Dalla Costa1, E., Dai1, F., Battini1, M., Murray1, L., Scholz2, P., Lebelt2, D., Marchewka3, J., Vieira4,

A., Watanabe1, T.T.N. , Tremolada1, C., Ferrari1, L., Lolli1, S., Richmond5, S., Wemelsfelder5, F.,

Ruiz3, R., Beltran de Heredia3, I., Arranz3, J., Barbieri1, S., Minero1, M., Mattiello1, S., Ferrante1,

V., Estevez3,6, I., Stillwell4, G., Dwyer5, C., Canali1, E., Zanella7, A. J.

1 Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Milan, Italy 2 Pferdeklinik Havelland, Beetzsee-Brielow, Germany 3 Neiker-Tecnalia, ArkauteAgrifood Campus, Animal Production, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 4 Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Lisboa, Portugal 5 Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, Scotland 6 IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain 7 Universidade de São Paulo , Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal , Pirassununga, Brazil

AWIN WELFARE ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS

Acknowledgements

This project has received funding from the European

Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research,

technological development and demonstration