{"id":7836,"date":"2017-03-01T07:35:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T05:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carnisostenibili.cvdemo.online\/en\/?p=7836"},"modified":"2017-02-28T13:35:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T11:35:58","slug":"izs-cattle-farm-brescia-a-manual-for-welfare-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnisostenibili.it\/en\/izs-cattle-farm-brescia-a-manual-for-welfare-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"IZS cattle farm Brescia, a manual for welfare evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The \u201cManual for the welfare assessment and bio safety in breeding cattle for meat<\/strong>\u201d, prepared by the National Reference Centre for Animal Welfare (CRENBA) and published by the Institute of Experimental Animal Disease Prevention of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna<\/strong> (IZS) of Brescia, Italy, addresses the need of creating a balanced and objective assessment system<\/strong>, easy to apply, that also allows comparisons between different farms on the basis of the measurements themselves ensuring greater objectivity of the assessment provided.<\/p>\n

According to the developed methodology, the evaluation of the welfare level of a farm<\/strong> includes both aspects relating to the structures and management (evaluated through the so-called \u201cnon-animal based measures<\/strong>\u201d – N-ABMS), and those linked to the animals\u2019 reactions to their living conditions (measured through the \u201canimal-based measures<\/strong>\u201d – ABMS).<\/p>\n

In detail, the aspects of farming considered a priority<\/strong> by the system refer to the stable staff, to the condition of the facilities and equipment<\/strong> that are in daily contact with the cattle, the micro-climatic conditions<\/strong> and certain social and health aspects<\/strong>. The choice of the aspects to be evaluated fell on those easily measurable by objective surveys in almost all the Italian beef cattle farms<\/strong>. The ultimate goal is to compare the different farms<\/strong> on the basis of these assessments, ensuring a greater objectivity<\/strong> to the assessment provided.<\/p>\n

The assessment on farm animal welfare and bio-security<\/strong> is done through a checklist<\/strong> consisting of 56 items, divided into 5 areas: corporate and personal management; facilities and equipment; animal based measures (ABMS); bio-security; great risks and alarm systems<\/strong>. Each item has a triple (negative, acceptable, positive) or double (negative and positive) response option.<\/p>\n

The result of the evaluations is a numerical value <\/strong>expressed on a scale from 0 to 100, capable of identifying the general conditions of well-being of animals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The Sustainable Meat Project<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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