Fewer animals die on the way to slaughter knife – Aftenposten

Fewer animals die on the way to slaughter knife – Aftenposten

In the 90s, the pig was rid of a genetic defect that until then did it died very easily during transport. This meant that the number of dead pigs during transport to slaughter decreased drastically.

Then, in the 2000s, the figures show another decrease in mortality among animals during transport. But this time nobody really sure what the explanation is.

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Courses for drivers

According to special veterinary Inge Midtveit by trade Animalia (formerly resource center for meat) coincided however, the fall in the number of deaths with a mandatory training program for drivers of livestock.

Since this, the number of animal deaths during transport remained stable low. In 2013 died 0003 percent or a total of 22 cows, calves and bulls either during transport or before slaughter in slaughterhouses (by staging). The corresponding percentage of sheep, goats and pigs was 0.015. In number of dead 274 sheep and goats and 490 pigs. This shows Animalia annual report “Meat state” from 2014.

Animalia is meat and poultry industry’s own professional body and is known industry-neutral.

– Yet we are concerned that, because it is interesting in terms of animal welfare, it says something about the quality of transport and the animal, says Midtveit.

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Good trip Above jaunt

In this perspective, they are less concerned about the distance the animals being transported, and more concerned with the quality of the ride and animal transport skill.

– All surveys show that quality is more important than quantity. It is equally high mortality on transport and housing on short trips as it is lengthy. It is also important to remember that a third of the time is spent standing still on the farm and taking animals from the barn, said Midtveit.

The loading Things are often the biggest burden.

– The biggest burden, especially for pigs and sheep, takes place when the animals are taken from a familiar environment in the barn to a foreign environment such as a dyrebil or around a mobile slaughterhouse, explains Midtveit.

Animals on stress management courses

It is therefore important that the farmer friends the animals to meet new and unfamiliar environment, the animals have passed a “stress management courses,” explains Midtveit.

– This is routine modern effective livestock, in that the animals are regularly moved, weighed, cut or handled. And here you mobile slaughterhouses have an important function for animal welfare, in that animals are not accustomed to handling and environmental changes and thus tackles loading and transportation poor, slaughtered on the farm.

Published: 10.des. 2014 9:48