Live export and animal welfare Flashcards
What is the pellets fed during the transport by ship
2-3% of body weight
What are the risk factor associated with high mortalities
- Longer voyage duration
- increasing age and fatness of the animals
- decreasing acceptability of the pelleted ration
- varies with seasonal metabolic factors, fatter animals may be affected as well
- Heat stress
- Mechanical failure
What happen during heat stress
-increase in respiratory rate
-decrease or no food
consumption and increase drinking
Smothering in an attempt to get near air vents
-increase in temperature when they are stress as well
How can stocking density affect
the food rush, causing other not eating them
what are the two method of determining stocking densities
allometric determination
heat risk assessment
How is the ammonia concentration is ship
high bevause there are low ventilation
-reduce food intake
What is the welfare issues in country of destination
- mortalities in feedlots
- handling practices
- stunnning practices
- Animals being sold outside the approved supply chain
What happened during the export of cattle to indonesia
- Cruelty during handling
- Cruelty during slaughter
- Killing without stunning
How much sheep die on the cormo express
10%, due to scabby mouth and refuse to unload them
What happened in fremantle
heat stress
What does allometric determination mean
The allometric determination of stocking densities is to ensure that sufficient space is provided to meet the basic behavioural sufficient space is provided to meet the basic behavioural and physiological needs of animals whilst being transported
What does heat risk assessment do
aimed at setting stocking densities so that the risk of animals dying or unduly suffering from heat on a export voyage is minimised
