Better welfare for chickens and pigs

The health and welfare of animals that produce our food is of great importance. Researchers from the University of Utrecht and the Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Nutrition (ILVO) in Flanders, among others, received almost eight million euros from the European Union to develop in cooperation with the industry innovative measuring equipment to monitor the welfare of broiler chickens and fattening pigs as they are loaded, unloaded, transported and slaughtered. The project 'Animal Welfare Indicators at the SlaughterHouse' (aWISH) started from 1 November 2022 and will run for four years. It is coordinated by IVLO and a total of 24 partners from 13 European countries are participating. The research is being conducted at six regional chicken and pig production chains in France, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and Serbia. Individual attention. The project focuses on broilers and fattening pigs for several reasons.
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