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7/17/2015 EUWelNet Coordinated European Animal Welfare Network Antonio Velarde Spanish National Contact Point IRTA, Animal Welfare Subprogram, Venat de Ses, Monells, 17121, Spain Website: http://www.euwelnet.eu 1 Background: 2006

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EUWelNet Coordinated European Animal Welfare Network

1 Antonio Velarde Spanish National Contact Point IRTA, Animal Welfare Subprogram, Veïnat de Síes, Monells, 17121, Spain Website: http://www.euwelnet.eu

Background:

2006 Community Action Plan

  • n the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010

‘creation of a European Centre or Laboratory for the protection and welfare of animals ‘

  • Support to the Commission and the MS with technical expertise.
  • Conduct training courses.
  • Contribute to dissemination of research findings and technical

innovations

  • Coordination of research.
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Call (SANCO 2012/10293) for a pilot project

  • ‘to investigate (and make recommendations) on the

feasibility and usefulness of a network of technical resources designed to assist the competent authorities and the stakeholders in improving the implementation of EU legislation on animal welfare through targeted knowledge strategies.’

Background:

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Objectives:

1) Establish and coordinate a network of recognised technical, scientific and educational experts in the field 2)Identify some of the bottlenecks/ difficulties in implementing EU legislation on animal welfare 3)Develop and test knowledge transfer strategies designed to overcome selected bottlenecks 4)Make recommendations on the feasibility and the likely conditions required for an effective European animal welfare network

WP4 Overarching analysis and recommendations WP2 Difficulties & Bottlenecks WP3.1 Pigs WP3.1 Killing Coordination Team WP1 WP3 Knowledge strategies

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  • Council Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying

down minimum standards for the protection of pigs.

  • Council Directive 2007/43 of 28 June 2007 laying down

minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production.

  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September

2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing.

Legislations:

Task 3.4 Setting up a technical network of experts to develop and improve standard operation procedures to implement welfare requirements at slaughter (of poultry, pigs, cattle and sheep)

Antonio Velarde, Pedro Rodriguez, Joaquim Pallisera (IRTA) Steve Wotton (UoB) Lotta Berg (SLU) Marien Gerritzen, Merel Verhoeven and Hans Spoolder (WUR-LR) Luc Mirabito (Institute d’Elevage) Claudia Terlouw (INRA) Xavier Manteca (UAB) 6

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1. Development of a technical network. 7

  • 2. Identification of the main causes of difficulties in:
  • Implementation of minimum electrical requirements for

effective waterbath stunning in poultry.

  • Assessing unconsciousness after mechanical stunning in

bovines, electrical stunning of ovine and poultry, and gas stunning in pigs.

  • 3. Development of strategies to solve these difficulties with SOPs
  • 4. Assessment of the effectiveness of the SOPs.
  • 5. Evaluation of the role of the technical network in the development
  • f the SOPs.

Objectives:

  • 1. Development of the technical network
  • Identification of the national contact points in

– UK: FAWC Secretariat – France: Institute d’Elevage/INRA – Sweden: SLU – The Netherlands: Wageningen UR Livestock Research – Spain: IRTA

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  • 2. Identification of the main causes of the difficulties in implementation
  • f requirements for waterbath stunning in poultry and the valid and

reliable assessment of unconsciousness

  • Questionnaire to Competent Authorities:

– Bottlenecks – Actions – Guidelines – Revision

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Waterbath stunning in poultry:

  • Huge variation in stunning parameters.
  • Poor understanding of the variation in current delivered to

each bird.

  • Very difficult to assess effective waterbath stunning.
  • One solution to gain greater control is the use of SOPs.

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Main conclusions

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Development of standardized assessment guidelines in response to Regulation 1099/2009 in most of cases.

  • The industry has applied to the CA for collaboration.
  • The CA has revised the guidelines.

– The industry has consulted to competent authorities the difficulties faced and CA have taken actions to improve the assessment procedure:

  • WBS in poultry in all cases except Sweden.
  • Electrical stunning in sheep in Spain and Sweden.
  • Gas stunning in pigs in Netherlands and Spain
  • Captive bolt stunning in cattle in Spain

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Main conclusions

Subtask 3.4.2. Identification of the main causes of the difficulties in implementation of requirements for waterbath stunning in poultry and the valid and reliable assessment of unconsciousness

  • Spot visit to abattoirs: (5 per specie)

– AWOs: difficulties, criteria, SOPs, scientific support – OVs: difficulties – Direct assessment of the main difficulties, risk factors.

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13 Slaughterhouses questionnaires

  • SOPs

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Gas stunned pigs Electrically stunned sheep WBS poultry Captive bolt stunned cattle

Unconsciousness assessment SOP No unconsciousness assessment SOP

SOPs to assess unconsiousness No SOPs to assess unconsiousness

– The assessment of unconsciousness is carried out according to the description of the SOP – Animals that recovered consciousness before brain death and are not detected by operators

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Main conclusions of direct observation

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– Common:

  • Lack of training of both the operators and the AWO.
  • Slaughterhouse facilities often do not allow a correct assessment
  • f unconsciousness.

– Cattle:

  • Questionable security for the operator.
  • Clonic activity occurred from hoisting and made assessment of

rhythmic breathing difficult in some animals.

– Pigs:

  • Rhythmic breathing is difficult to assess.

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Risk factors

– Sheep:

  • Post-stun convulsions (clonic activity) can mask the presence of

rhythmic breathing.

– Poultry:

  • The high line speed difficult the assessment of unconsciousness.
  • Access

to the birds is sometimes very difficult due to slaughterhouses facilities.

  • The criteria used to determine effective electrical stunning is

compromised by the application of the stunning current to the whole bird, which can result in paralysis without stunning.

16 Main conclusions

Risk factors

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7/17/2015 9 – Assessment of the operation of a poultry WBS. – Assessment of unconsciousness:

  • In poultry after electrical waterbath stunning.
  • In sheep after electrical stunning.
  • In pigs after gas stunning
  • In cattle after captive bolt stunning

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  • 3. Development of strategies and SOP
  • 3. Development of strategies and SOP

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Focus on management recommendation, not structural

– Objective. – Responsibility. – Procedure. – Control measures:

  • By the operator.
  • By the AWO.

– Corrective actions:

  • By the operator.
  • By the AWO.

– Records:

  • Operator.
  • AWO.

– Operator decision tree. – AWO decision tree.

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 (EFSA Journal 2013;11(12):3460 - bovines)  (EFSA Journal 2013;11(12):3521 - poultry)  (EFSA Journal 2013;11(12):3523 - pigs)  (EFSA Journal 2013;11(12):3522 - sheep and goats)

“MONITORING PROCEDURES AT SLAUGHTERHOUSES”  on loss of consciousness  able to detect, with high level of confidence,

unsatisfactory stunning / slaughtering practices

 Specify the criteria for selecting indicators,

based on the level of sensitivity and specificity Identification of indicators

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  • Ex. Operation WBS
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  • Ex. Operation WBS

OPERATOR(S) DECISION TREE

Before hoisting:

  • Righting reflex
  • Vocalizations
  • Rhythmic breathing
  • Eye movements

Record re-stun Revise equipment and stunning procedure

None of the indicators of consciousness are present

Before being released from the box:

  • Remain standing or resume standing

posture

  • Righting reflex
  • Vocalizations
  • Rhythmic breathing

Record re-stun Revise equipment and stunning procedure One or more indicators of consciousness are present or in case of doubt Re-stun One or more indicators of consciousness are present or in case of doubt

None of the indicators of consciousness are present

stun Re-stun

SOP cattle stunned with captive bolt

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Before bleeding:

  • Righting reflex
  • Vocalizations
  • Rhythmic breathing
  • Eye movements

Record re-stun Revise equipment and stunning procedure One or more indicators of consciousness are present or in case of doubt STICKING case of doubt

consciousness are present

Re-stun

None of the indicators of consciousness are present

During bleeding

  • Righting reflex
  • Vocalizations
  • Rhythmic breathing
  • Eye movements

Record re-stun Revise equipment and stunning procedure Re-stun Re-stick One or more indicators of consciousness are present or in case of doubt

SOP cattle stunned with captive bolt

ANIMAL WELFARE OFFICER DECISION TREE

Just after stunning:

  • Remain standing or resume standing

posture

  • Righting reflex
  • Vocalizations
  • Rhythmic breathing
  • Corneal reflex
  • Check stunning

procedures and equipment (short-term correction)

  • Retrain operator in the

application of the SOP

  • Internal audit (long-

term correction) One or more indicators of consciousness are present or in case of doubt Ask the

  • perator to

re-stun

None of the indicators of consciousness are present

Before hoisting:

  • Righting reflex
  • Vocalizations
  • Rhythmic breathing
  • Corneal reflex
  • Nose pinching response

None of the indicators of consciousness are present

One or more indicators of consciousness are present or in case of doubt Ask the

  • perator to

re-stun

  • Check stunning

procedures and equipment (short-term correction)

  • Retrain operator in

the application of the SOP

  • Internal audit (long-

term correction)

  • Check stunning

procedures and

SOP cattle stunned with captive bolt

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Before bleeding:

  • Righting reflex
  • Vocalizations
  • Rhythmic breathing
  • Corneal reflex
  • Nose pinching response

Ask the

  • perator to

re-stun One or more indicators of consciousness are present or in case of doubt

consciousness are present

consciousness are present or in case of doubt

  • Check stunning

procedures and equipment (short- term correction)

  • Retrain operator in

the application of the SOP

  • Internal audit

(long-term correction) During bleeding:

  • Righting reflex
  • Vocalizations
  • Rhythmic breathing
  • Corneal reflex
  • Nose pinching response

None of the indicators of consciousness are present

One or more indicators of consciousness are present or in case of doubt

  • Check stunning

procedures and equipment (short- term correction)

  • Retrain operator in

the application of the SOP

  • Internal audit

(long-term correction) Ask the

  • perator to re-

stun and to re- stick

SOP cattle stunned with captive bolt

  • 25 slaughterhouses
  • FBOs, AWOs and OVs
  • 1st visit: Presentation of the SOP
  • 2nd visit (after 2 months):

– Assessment of implementation and effectiveness – Interview – Direct evaluation of the monitoring procedure

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  • 4. Assessing the effectiveness of the SOPs in the

pilot study

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  • Level of implementation:
  • 5 slgthouses: To complement their own protocols
  • 4 slgthouses: To improve their own SOPs.
  • 6 slgthouses: Adapted the SOPs to their own procedures and

facilities

  • 5 slgthouses: Without apparent interest to adopt the SOPs
  • 4 slgthouses: Lack of time, but with interest to implement the

SOPs in the near future

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  • 4. Assessing the effectiveness of the SOPs in the

pilot study

  • 5. Evaluation of the role of the technical network in the

development of the SOPs

  • 2nd technical meeting to assess the effectiveness of the

technical network in identifying and implementing knowledge based strategies to overcome the difficulties.

  • Identification of experts from other EU countries for possible

inclusion in a future network designed to further progress the work on welfare at slaughter.

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  • 5. Evaluation of the role of the technical network in the

development of the SOPs

  • Identification of experts from other EU countries for possible

inclusion in a future network designed to further progress the work on welfare at slaughter. Identification of experts in AW at slaughter in EU countries.

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  • Report on the main causes of difficulties in implementation of

requirements for waterbath stunning in poultry and the valid and reliable assessment of unconsciousness in all species.

  • SPOs for the WBS of poultry and the valid and reliable

assessment of unconsciousness after mechanical stunning in bovines, electrical stunning in ovines, water bath electrical stunning in poultry, and gas stunning in pigs.

  • Report on the effectiveness of the SOPs developed here and of

the role and efficiency of the pilot technical network of experts.

  • List of candidate groups and/or individuals in each EU country

for possible inclusion in a future technical network on welfare at slaughter).

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Deliverables

Thank you for your attention

Antonio.Velarde@irta.es

Website: http://www.euwelnet.eu