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  • Communication training for inspectors

    EURCAW-pigs provides suggestions for communication methods that could be incorporated into ongoing inspector trainings.

  • Indicators to assess pig welfare during transport

    EURCAW-Pigs has published indicator factsheets on the assessment of pig welfare during transport in relation to temperature and space allowance.

  • Welfare inspections at arrival and in lairage at pig slaughterhouses

    Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing requires that each pig arriving and handled at the...

  • Farrowing housing and management: five focus areas for inspections

    In a review on farrowing housing and management, EURCAW-Pigs addresses five key areas to focus on during welfare inspections. For each key area,...

  • Covid 19: more flexibility to carry out official controls

    The Commission has published a measure which allows Member States to carry out official controls on the agri-food chain on a more flexible basis, in...

EURCAW-Pigs’ website offers relevant and actual information to support enforcement of pig welfare legislation in EU Member States

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Are you looking for specific documents on pig welfare and enforcement? Search the EURCAW-Pigs Knowledge base.

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  • Panting and pumping: indicators of heat stress during transport, indicator factsheet
  • Dead on arrival: indicator of thermal stress and/or high stocking density during transport, indicator factsheet
  • Review on farrowing housing and management
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  • How much space do boars need when kept in groups?
  • How well can sows handle height differences and reverse-exits?
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Agenda

  • EURCAW-pigs Regional meeting North
    02 December 2020
  • 8th international conference on the Assessment of animal Welfare at Farm and group level (WAFL)
    16 August 2021
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  • Communication training for inspectors
  • Indicators to assess pig welfare during transport
  • Welfare inspections at arrival and in lairage at pig slaughterhouses
  • Farrowing housing and management: five focus areas for inspections

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In a review, EURCAW-Pigs describes three relevant key areas to focus on during welfare inspections at pig slaughterhouses

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