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MESO : The first Croatian meat journal, Vol. 21. No. 2., 2019.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.31727/m.21.2.3

Application of AWIN welfare assessment protocol for sheep on the GEA-COM Ltd. farm

Tomislav Mikuš orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-1388-2404 ; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Lidija Kozačinski ; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Željka Cvrtila ; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Luka Pajurin ; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Dina Jelenčić
Mario Živković ; GEA-COM d.o.o., Krnjak, Hrvatska
Silvio Vince ; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Ana Shek Vugrovečki ; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Ivona Žura Žaja ; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Daniel Špoljarić ; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Gordan Mršić ; Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Maja Popović ; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Branimira Špoljarić ; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska

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Abstract

There are over one billion sheep reared in the world, most of which are kept in extensive conditions.
They spent at least a few months during the year on pastures without particularly close contact
with humans. The welfare of sheep is of utmost importance for the quality of their meat, and therefore it
is very important to assess the welfare of sheep with reliable and feasible methods. In this paper, sheep
welfare was evaluated with mobile application of the AWIN Welfare Assessment Protocol for Sheep at
the farm owned by GEA-COM Ltd. Authors present several animal-based indicators regarding individual
animals troughout the time of the study. During the period of the research, the welfare of sheep was
improved, and the main reasons for this were the changes in the way in which the sheep were reared.
Letting the flock out for grazing and adding concentrate supplements in their feed lead to higher level of
welfare on individual animal level, and consequently raised the welfare level of the entire flock.

Keywords

AWIN Assessment Protocol; Sheep; Welfare

Hrčak ID:

219779

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/219779

Publication date:

29.4.2019.

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