Transportation of Cattle and Pigs between EU Member States 2014–2018–Can Data from TRACES be used to Create Overview and Inform about Potential Welfare Consequences?
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Transportation of Cattle and Pigs between EU Member States 2014–2018–Can Data from TRACES be used to Create Overview and Inform about Potential Welfare Consequences? / Dahl-Pedersen, Kirstin; Herskin, Mette S.
In: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2023, p. 102-115.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Transportation of Cattle and Pigs between EU Member States 2014–2018–Can Data from TRACES be used to Create Overview and Inform about Potential Welfare Consequences?
AU - Dahl-Pedersen, Kirstin
AU - Herskin, Mette S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Animal transport is debated due to welfare concerns. In this paper, data from 2014-2018 on animal transportation between EU member states (MS) (for slaughter, breeding, and production), are evaluated to create basis for discussion of TRACES database as tool to inform about pig and cattle welfare. Approximately 33million pigs were transported between EU MS peryear with considerable changes within categories.The majority of pigs was transported for production (57 to 73%), transportation for slaughter constituted 29% (34 to 25%), and the remaining (2–9%) were transported for breeding. Approximately 4 million cattle was transported peryear. The majority was transported for production (62 to 71%), 15–16% for slaughter, and the rest for breeding (23 to 14%). For each species and purpose category, 10 MS transporting the highest numbers are presented, suggesting acomplex underlying pattern with potential animal welfare consequences. Based on adiscussion of selected examples, however, we suggest that usefulness of TRACES as basis of an informed animal welfare evaluation would improve by including data from relevant animal types in addition to purpose categories.
AB - Animal transport is debated due to welfare concerns. In this paper, data from 2014-2018 on animal transportation between EU member states (MS) (for slaughter, breeding, and production), are evaluated to create basis for discussion of TRACES database as tool to inform about pig and cattle welfare. Approximately 33million pigs were transported between EU MS peryear with considerable changes within categories.The majority of pigs was transported for production (57 to 73%), transportation for slaughter constituted 29% (34 to 25%), and the remaining (2–9%) were transported for breeding. Approximately 4 million cattle was transported peryear. The majority was transported for production (62 to 71%), 15–16% for slaughter, and the rest for breeding (23 to 14%). For each species and purpose category, 10 MS transporting the highest numbers are presented, suggesting acomplex underlying pattern with potential animal welfare consequences. Based on adiscussion of selected examples, however, we suggest that usefulness of TRACES as basis of an informed animal welfare evaluation would improve by including data from relevant animal types in addition to purpose categories.
KW - animal transport
KW - Animal welfare
KW - traces
U2 - 10.1080/10888705.2021.1923491
DO - 10.1080/10888705.2021.1923491
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33998360
AN - SCOPUS:85106345092
VL - 26
SP - 102
EP - 115
JO - Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
JF - Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
SN - 1088-8705
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 270624967