8455 1 archive 4832 disk0/00/00/84/55 2006-10-11 2009-08-20 14:32:30 2009-08-20 14:32:30 conference_item show 0 en uk uk-cor-2002 uk-other uk-duchy-college uk-unew univ-reading-veeru 26-28 March 2002 UK Organic Research 2002 Conference Aberystwyth never 0 TRUE paper Hovi Malla Kossaibati Mohamad Bennett Richard Edwards Sandra A Robertson Jamie Roderick Stephen pub regulation 6values 3animal 7animalhealth Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR; livestock production, animal welfare; production standards; survey; questionnaire 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. 2002 published Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth Powell Jane et al. 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. public 351-354 6287 1 8455 1 application/pdf en public

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