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- Title
Procjena dobrobiti ličke pramenke na farmi GEA-COM d.o.o.
- Authors
Kozačinski, Lidija; Cvrtila, Željka; Pajurin, Luka; Jelenčić, Dina; Živković, Mario; Vince, Silvio; Vugrovečki, Ana Shek; Žaja, Ivona Žura; Špoljarić, Daniel; Mršić, Gordan; Popović, Maja; Špoljarić, Branimira
- Abstract
There are over one billion sheep reared in the world, most of which are kept in extensive conditions. They spent at least a few months during the year on pastures without particularly close contact with humans. The welfare of sheep is of utmost importance for the quality of their meat, and therefore it is very important to assess the welfare of sheep with reliable and feasible methods. In this paper, sheep welfare was evaluated with mobile application of the AWIN Welfare Assessment Protocol for Sheep at the farm owned by GEA-COM Ltd. Authors present several animal-based indicators regarding individual animals troughout the time of the study. During the period of the research, the welfare of sheep was improved, and the main reasons for this were the changes in the way in which the sheep were reared. Letting the flock out for grazing and adding concentrate supplements in their feed lead to higher level of welfare on individual animal level, and consequently raised the welfare level of the entire flock.
- Publication
MESO, 2019, Vol 21, Issue 2, p180
- ISSN
1332-0025
- Publication type
Article