creators_name: Hovi, Malla
creators_name: Kossaibati, Mohamad
creators_name: Bennett, Richard
creators_name: Edwards, Sandra A
creators_name: Robertson, Jamie
creators_name: Roderick, Stephen
editors_name: Powell, Jane
editors_name: et al., 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-10-11
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:32:30
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title: The impact of organic livestock standards on animal welfare – a questionnaire survey of advisors, inspectors and veterinarians
ispublished: pub
subjects: regulation
subjects: 6values
subjects: 3animal
subjects: 7animalhealth
full_text_status: public
keywords: Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR; livestock production, animal welfare; production standards; survey; questionnaire
abstract: This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. A questionnaire survey of organic sector body inspectors, organic advisors and farm animal veterinarians was conducted to examine the respondents’ perceptions of the ability of the organic standards to deliver positive impacts on welfare of organic livestock. A total of 44 separate standards concerning livestock production were extracted from the United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Production livestock production standards. The respondents were asked to consider the potential impact of each standard on animal welfare in comparison to the routine practices used on conventional farms, using a five-point scale (improve significantly, improve slightly, no impact, deteriorate slightly and deteriorate significantly). A simple scoring system was used to rank the different standards in terms of their perceived positive impact on animal welfare. The significance of differences between respondent groups and livestock species were examined. Preliminary findings of the survey are summarised and the usefulness of the approach to evaluate livestock production standards is discussed.
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
pagerange: 351-354
refereed: never
referencetext: FAWC (2001) Interim report on the animal welfare implications of Farm Assurance schemes. Farm Animal Welfare Council Publications. 
UKROFS (2000) United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards – Organic livestock production standards, October 2000. 
Lund, V. (2000) Is there such a thing as “organic” animal welfare? Proceeding of the 2nd NAHWOA Workshop, Cordoba, 8-11 January 2000. 151-160. 
citation: Hovi, Malla; Kossaibati, Mohamad; Bennett, Richard; Edwards, Sandra A; Robertson, Jamie and Roderick, Stephen (2002) The impact of organic livestock standards on animal welfare – a questionnaire survey of advisors, inspectors and veterinarians. UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 351-354.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8455/1/hovi_livestock_standards_welfare.pdf