We told you that welfare is specific to each animal. But how do you go from an individual welfare score to an overall welfare score for a farm or herd? This is made possible by the integration process. This process varies according to the assessment methods used. Above all, it involves making a number of ethical choices that you need to be aware of in order to understand the overall welfare score of the farm and what it implies for the animals.
Welfare is multi-factorial, so all criteria are important
LUC MOUNIER
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Keep in mind
- The integration process corresponds to a methodology that makes it possible to move from measuring the welfare of an individual to an overall score for the herd.
- This integration can be achieved through herd averages. However, this can mask a very poor score for certain animals. We can then use a maximum deviation percentage to identify them.
- The choice of which scores to give priority to when assessing welfare is an ethical choice. For example, a breeder may decide to give more importance to the health score than to the sociability score.
Welfare is multi-factorial, so all criteria are important
LUC MOUNIER
