ArticleEFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority2020
Welfare of pigs during killing for purposes other than slaughter.
Article in EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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- Clinical Reasoning About Timely Euthanasia of Compromised Pigs.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Emergency response in overturned pig transport vehicles: Description and discussion of Danish cases from a One Welfare perspective.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2025Review
- Landscape review about the decision to euthanize a compromised pig.Porcine health management · 2024Review
- The use of high expansion foam for stunning and killing pigs and poultry.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2024Article
- Relationship of tissue dimensions and three captive bolt application sites on cadaver heads from mature swine (Sus scrofa domesticus) <200 kg body weight.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the capacity and effective angle of thalamic damage for 2 commercially available captive bolt tool types on cadaver heads from sows >200 kg body weight.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Description of tissue profiles, thalamic location, and recommended penetrating captive bolt placement in cadaver heads from domesticated 24- to 48-mo-old male yaks (Translational animal science · 2024Article
- Histopathological Pulmonary Lesions in 1st-Day Newborn Piglets Derived from PRRSV-1 MLV Vaccinated Sows at the Last Stage of Gestation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Social Support in a Novel Situation Aimed for Stunning and Euthanasia of Pigs May Be Increased by Familiar Pigs-A Behavioural Study with Weaners.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Evaluation of tissue depth, captive bolt penetration force and energy, and potential for bolt-thalamus contact in cadaver heads from physically castrated market barrows and immunocastrated boars.Translational animal science · 2023Article
- Swine industry stakeholders' perception on the use of water-based foam as an emergency mass depopulation method.PloS one · 2023Article
- The Rise of Heatstroke as a Method of Depopulating Pigs and Poultry: Implications for the US Veterinary Profession.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Description of electroencephalographic data gathered using water-based medium-expansion foam as a depopulation method for nursery pigs.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- History and best practices of captive bolt euthanasia for swine.Translational animal science · 2022Article
- Relationship of tissue dimensions and three captive bolt placements on cadaver heads from mature swine (Sus scrofa domesticus) > 200 kg body weight.Journal of animal science · 2021Article
- Analysis of Housing Risk Factors for the Welfare of Lean and Heavy Pigs in a Sample of European Fattening Farms.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Comparison of Gaseous and Water-Based Medium-Expansion Foam Depopulation Methods in Cull Sows.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- How two concurrent pandemics put a spoke in the wheel of intensive pig production.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2021Article
- Welfare of pigs during killing for purposes other than slaughter.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2020Article
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Abstract
Pigs at different stages of the production cycle may have to be killed on-farm for purposes other than slaughter (where slaughter is defined as killing for human consumption) either individually (e.g. severely injured pigs) or on a large scale (e.g. unproductive animals or for disease control reasons). This opinion assessed the risks associated with the on-farm killing of pigs and included two phases: 1) handling and moving of pigs and 2) killing methods (including restraint). The killing methods were subdivided into four categories: electrical methods, mechanical methods, gas mixture methods and lethal injection. Four welfare consequences to which pigs can be exposed to during on-farm killing were identified: pain, fear, impeded movement and respiratory distress. Welfare consequences and relevant animal-based measures were described. In total, 28 hazards were associated with the welfare consequences; majority of the hazards (24) are related to Phase 2 (killing). The main hazards are associated with lack of staff skills and training, and poor-designed and constructed facilities. Staff was identified as an origin of all hazards, either due to lack of skills needed to perform appropriate killing or due to fatigue. Corrective measures were identified for 25 hazards. Outcome tables linking hazards, welfare consequences, animal-based measures, hazard origins, preventive and corrective measures were developed and mitigation measures proposed.
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