Animal
Health and Welfare Strategy indicators:
headline indicator 1
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On-farm health and welfare index
[Under development]
This will be an index, for each species, which captures and reflects the impact on farm animal welfare of key factors, including disease incidence and conditions in which animals are kept and reared. This will, of course, need input from a wide range of data sources. The work of the Bristol Welfare Assurance Programme, at Bristol University, could provide a good foundation. The index will take some time to develop. In the meantime, proxy measures containing data from the State Veterinary Service welfare inspections and data for welfare conditions, primarily mastitis, will be developed.
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