Welfare barriers and levers for improvement in organic and low-input outdoor pig and poultry production systems
Christine Leterrier
(1)
,
Claire Bonnefous
(2)
,
Jarkko Niemi
(3)
,
Lucia Rocchi
(4)
,
Giuditta Meloni
(4)
,
Martina Re
(5, 6)
,
Laura van Vooren
(7)
,
An Jamart
(7)
,
Minna Väre
(3)
,
Katja Lähtinen
(3)
,
Myriam Thys
(8)
,
Evelien Graat
(8)
,
Charlotte Vanden Hole
(8)
,
T.. Bas Rodenburg
(9)
,
Saskia Kliphuis
(9)
,
Mona F. Giersberg
(9)
,
Antoine Roinsard
(10)
,
Olivia Tavares
(10)
,
Brieuc Desaint
(10)
,
Sarah Lombard
(10)
,
Sanna Steenfeldt
(11)
,
J. Pedersen Lene
(11)
,
Ricarda Engberg
(11)
,
Isam Almadani Mohamad
(12)
,
Riccardo Carelli
(13)
,
Marlene Sciarretta
(13)
,
Laurence A. Guilloteau
(2)
,
Sophie Réhault-Godbert
(2)
,
Joël Gautron
(2)
,
Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval
(2)
,
Sandrine Mignon-Grasteau
(2)
,
Cécile Berri
(2)
,
Alexandre Barbin
(2)
,
Elodie Guettier
(2)
,
Pascal Chartrin
(2)
,
Léa Tourneur
(14)
,
Pauline Bodin
(14)
,
Adrien Guichaoua
(14)
,
Henry van den Brand
(15)
,
Roos Molenaar
(15)
,
Cesare Castellini
(4)
,
Maxime Reverchon
(16)
,
Daniel Guémené
(16)
,
Michel Sourdioux
(16)
,
Roland Akakpo
(16)
,
Ninfa Rangel Pedersen
(17)
,
René Schepens
(17)
,
Maria Almind
(17)
,
David Dubuc
(18)
,
Marie-Véronique Le Lann
(19)
,
Raffella Ponzio
(20)
,
Marina Mainardi
(20)
,
Caterina Accotto
(5)
,
Monica Coletta
(5)
,
Vanessa Guesdon
(21)
,
Hélène Leruste
(21)
,
Bérangère Billiard
(21)
,
Vitor Bessa Ferreira
(1, 21)
,
Keith Walley
(22)
,
Patricia Parrott
(22)
,
Shelley Allan
(22)
,
Lisa Baldinger
(23)
,
Helen Pluschke
(23)
,
Elsa Delanoue
(24, 25, 26)
,
Laura Warin
(24)
,
Maxime Quentin
(24)
,
Jonathan Hercule
(24)
,
Marion Pertusa
(24)
,
Mathilde Stomp
(24)
,
Angélique Travel
(24)
,
Karine Germain
(27)
,
Laure Ravon
(27)
,
Ludovic Calandreau
(1)
,
Valérie Labas
(1)
,
Emilie Maugrion
(1)
,
Armelle Prunier
(28)
,
Elodie Merlot
(28)
,
Céline Tallet
(28)
,
Jaap van Milgen
(28)
,
Caroline Clouard
(28)
,
Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün
(28)
,
Bénédicte Lebret
(28)
,
Lucile Montagne
(28)
,
Justine Faure
(28)
,
Anna Zuliani
(29)
,
Pietro Venezia
(29)
,
Laurianne Canario
(30)
,
Vasile Cozma
(31)
,
Marina Spinu
(31)
,
Mihai-Horia Bǎieş
(31)
,
Valérie Courboulay
(25)
,
Alexandre Poissonnet
(25)
,
Christine Roguet
(25)
,
Didier Gaudré
(25)
,
Patrick Chevillon
(25)
,
Laurent Alibert
(25)
,
Virginie Decruyenaere
(32)
,
Sophie Herremans
(32)
,
Chloé Hivet
(32)
,
José Wavreille
(32)
,
Pia Vanggaard
(33)
,
Jan B. Vanggaard
(33)
,
Cristina Micheloni
(5)
,
Petra Thobe
(12)
,
Anne Collin
(2)
,
Frank A.M. Tuyttens
(8)
,
Stéphane Ferchaud
(34)
,
Katia Grenier
(18)
1
PRC -
Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly]
2 BOA - Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture
3 LUKE - Natural Resources Institute Finland
4 UNIPG - Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia
5 AIAB - Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica
6 SSSA - Scuela Santa Anna
7 BioForum Vlaanderen
8 ILVO - Research Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food
9 Utrecht University [Utrecht]
10 ITAB - Institut Technique de l'Agriculture Biologique
11 Aarhus University [Aarhus]
12 Thuenen Institute of Farm Economics
13 EAAP - European Association for Animal Production
14 Acta - Les instituts techniques agricoles
15 WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
16 SYSAAF - Syndicat des Sélectionneurs Avicoles et Aquacoles Français
17 Fermentation Experts
18 LAAS-MH2F - Équipe Micro et nanosystèmes HyperFréquences Fluidiques
19 LAAS-DISCO - Équipe DIagnostic, Supervision et COnduite
20 Slow Food Biodiversity
21 JUNIA - JUNIA
22 Harper Adams University
23 Thuenen-Institute of Organic Farming
24 ITAVI
25 IFIP - Institut du Porc
26 Institut de l'élevage
27 UE EASM - Elevage Alternatif et Santé des Monogastriques
28 PEGASE - Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage [Rennes]
29 SIVtro VSF Italia
30 GenPhySE - Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage
31 USAMV Cluj-Napoca
32 CRA-W - Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques
33 Vanggaard Staldmontage
34 GenESI - Unité Expérimentale Elevages Porcins Innovants
2 BOA - Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture
3 LUKE - Natural Resources Institute Finland
4 UNIPG - Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia
5 AIAB - Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica
6 SSSA - Scuela Santa Anna
7 BioForum Vlaanderen
8 ILVO - Research Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food
9 Utrecht University [Utrecht]
10 ITAB - Institut Technique de l'Agriculture Biologique
11 Aarhus University [Aarhus]
12 Thuenen Institute of Farm Economics
13 EAAP - European Association for Animal Production
14 Acta - Les instituts techniques agricoles
15 WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
16 SYSAAF - Syndicat des Sélectionneurs Avicoles et Aquacoles Français
17 Fermentation Experts
18 LAAS-MH2F - Équipe Micro et nanosystèmes HyperFréquences Fluidiques
19 LAAS-DISCO - Équipe DIagnostic, Supervision et COnduite
20 Slow Food Biodiversity
21 JUNIA - JUNIA
22 Harper Adams University
23 Thuenen-Institute of Organic Farming
24 ITAVI
25 IFIP - Institut du Porc
26 Institut de l'élevage
27 UE EASM - Elevage Alternatif et Santé des Monogastriques
28 PEGASE - Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage [Rennes]
29 SIVtro VSF Italia
30 GenPhySE - Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage
31 USAMV Cluj-Napoca
32 CRA-W - Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques
33 Vanggaard Staldmontage
34 GenESI - Unité Expérimentale Elevages Porcins Innovants
Anne Collin
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Frank A.M. Tuyttens
- Function : Author
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Stéphane Ferchaud
- Function : Author
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- IdHAL : stephane-ferchaud
Katia Grenier
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 15298
- IdHAL : katia-grenier
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Abstract
The PPILOW project aims to co-construct innovations to improve Poultry and Pig Welfare in Low-input outdoor and Organic farming systems through a multi-actor approach. Its first step was to sum up animal welfare challenges observed in these systems and levers of improvement, from a review of literature data and research projects. Data were completed with information from key informants of the supply chains of poultry meat, eggs and pork in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and Finland. The interviews indicated that the main issues in poultry were: feeding, biosecurity, lack of range use and range management, feather pecking, weather, regulation, flock size or density, predation, bone fractures, lack of robustness, parasitism, pododermatitis, arthrosis, nervousness, water quality, catching and time spent by farmers. The main issues in pig were: feeding, tail biting, mortality, weather, predation, lack of robustness, lack of range use, castration, animal aggressiveness and competition, water quality, range management, human welfare, biosecurity issues, flock size or density, parasitism, insolation burns, joint abnormalities, parturition in freedom and pollution. This information has implemented a participatory approach for proposing welfare-improvement levers. Some issues and potential solutions were included in PPILOW experiments (phytotherapy against parasitism, involvement of animal personality in range use, rearing of entire pig males, genetic selection for reduced piglet mortality, improved farrowing huts for sows and piglets reared on range, avoiding feather pecking in laying hens with intact beaks, avoiding the killing of day-old male chicks etc.), and solution costs evaluated. The results will provide a combination of practical solutions for welfare improvement in Europe. The PPILOW project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement N°816172.