Deliverable D3.4 – Thematic Report of collecting of GP abstracts in animal welfare.

This report summarizes the results for the BroilerNet WP 3 “Animal Welfare”. The three priority challenges that were identified by the National Level BroilerNet Innovation Network (BIN) groups of each participating country were “Improving on-farm welfare assessment and management”, “Optimizing young chick management”, and “Minimizing stress and injuries during catching”. The BINs proposed in total 42 Good Practices (GP) as innovative best practice solutions to the identified challenges. Those GPs were evaluated by the Thematic Expert Network (TEN) with the use of the Good Practice Evaluation Tool (GPET). This evaluation resulted in a Top 10 of GPs for each challenge, out of which the TEN selected a Top 5 of Best Practices (BP) based on the technical quality, impact, and probability of success of a GP. For each challenge, one BP was awarded as BroilerNet Champion. The BroilerNet Champions were “EBENE® application: Perform your own animal welfare self-assessment” (Improving on-farm welfare self-assessment), “Preheating the poultry house“ (Optimizing young chick management), and “Package of measures to minimize stress and injuries during catching of broiler chickens” (Minimizing stress and injuries during catching). In addition, a literature review was conducted with regard to the three challenges, which is also briefly described in this report.

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