‘Would it sell more pork?’ Pig farmers’ perceptions of Real Welfare, the welfare outcome component of their farm assurance scheme

In the UK, the pig industry is leading the way in the adoption of welfare outcome measures as part of their farm assurance scheme. The welfare outcome assessment (WOA), known as Real Welfare, is conducted by the farmers’ own veterinary surgeon. For the first time, this has allowed the pig industry t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: J. Hockenhull, D.C.J. Main, S. Mullan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
pig
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731119000946