Assessing Extensive Semi-Arid Rangeland Beef Cow-Calf Welfare in Namibia. Part 2: Categorisation and Scoring of Welfare Assessment Measures

Kaurivi, Y. Baby; Laven, Richard; Parkinson, T. J.; Stafford, Kevin J.

doi:10.3390/ani11020250

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“…Welfare Quality ® ; Blokhuis et al 2013), the United Kingdom (Red tractor 2021) and North America (National Cattlemen's Beef Association 2019), and use second-or third-party auditing processes to assess performance. Other international assessment schemes were developed for extensive cattle production that also adopt a pass or fail audit-style methodology (Kaurivi et al 2020(Kaurivi et al , 2021. Often, these welfare assessment schemes (JBS farm assurance program https://jbslivestock.com.au/ jbs-farm-assurance/) will demand a higher standard of care than is dictated by legislation, that producers must meet to maintain market access or to achieve price premiums.…”

Section: Approaches To Assessing Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

Benchmarking to drive improvements in extensive beef cattle welfare: a perspective on developing an Australian producer-driven system

Salvin

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Café³

et al. 2022

Anim. Prod. Sci.

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There are increasing calls by stakeholders to raise the standards of animal welfare across the livestock sector. The beef industry needs a way to demonstrate improvements in animal welfare over time. The enforcement of minimum standards can be effective in preventing poor welfare, but the ability to recognise, exemplify and reward those at the top end of the welfare continuum is currently lacking. Our perspective article outlines the benefits and challenges of taking a voluntary, producer-driven benchmarking approach to recording and improving animal welfare in Australian pasture-based beef cattle. We discuss considerations when selecting measures for use in this benchmarking approach, including their validity, reliability, feasibility and value. The assessment of the human-animal relationship is discussed as a worked example of balancing these considerations in a way that suits the extensive Australian beef cattle production environment. We propose that careful consideration at the development stage is required to produce a benchmarking system that is robust and fit for purpose. This will also facilitate the collection of clear, meaningful data to allow for transparency and accountability throughout the industry. Demonstration of successful welfare benchmarking of extensive beef cattle may enable the approach to be expanded across the supply chain and to other sectors of livestock production.

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Section: Approaches To Assessing Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%