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The Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture Report is now available
The Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture: A shared prospect for farming and food in Europe was released in September. This report outlines guiding principles and recommendations for ...
The Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture Report is now available
The Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture: A ...
Swedish translations for colostrum provision to calves factsheets now available
EURCAW Ruminants & Equines have now published Swedish translations of the "colostrum ...
White Paper: Good Welfare for Equids Report now available from Eurogroup for Animals
The Eurogroup for Animals published a report on equid welfare ...
New enrolment phase for Toolkits for Trainers
EURCAW Ruminants & Equines ToolKit for Trainers has opened a ...
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EURCAW Ruminants & Equines provides scientific and technical knowledge to Competent Authorities of EU member states and their support bodies, for the official controls on ruminant and equine welfare requirements laid down in European Union animal welfare legislation.
EURCAW Ruminants & Equines is a consortium between the Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences (SLU, Sweden), French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE, France), University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU,Austria), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “Giuseppe Caporale” (IZSAM, Italy), Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Dimitra, Veterinary Research Institute (ELGO-DIMITRA, Greece), University College Dublin (UCD, Ireland).
It has 5 main areas of activity:
- Coordinated assistance
- Animal welfare indicators, methods for assessment and improvement
- Scientific and technical studies
- Training courses
- Disseminating research findings and innovations
Detailed understanding of ruminant & equine welfare issues
For detailed understanding of ruminant & equine welfare issues on-farm, during transport and at slaughter:
- EURCAW Ruminants & Equines offers easy access to scientific knowledge for Competent Authorities and their support bodies via the Questions to EURCAW (Q2E) service.
- EURCAW Ruminants & Equines compiles dossiers on welfare topics containing review documents, thematic and indicator factsheets, which summarise the latest scientific and practical knowledge
- EURCAW Ruminants & Equines provides a knowledge base (library) with a search engine for finding scientific, legal and technical documents and other resources on ruminant and equine welfare issues
Verification of compliance
For verification of compliance with European Union animal welfare legislation:
- EURCAW Ruminants & Equines prepares factsheets on specified welfare topics, providing ruminant and equine welfare indicators, predominantly including animal-based indicators, but also management- and resource-based indicators
- EURCAW Ruminants & Equines identifies iceberg indicators that can be used by official inspectors to obtain a quick overview on possible welfare problems on farm, during transport, and at abattoirs
Training and education
For further professional training and education:
- EURCAW Ruminants & Equines has created a Training Needs Analysis Platform (TraNAP) to identify knowledge and skills gaps to support the Competent Authorities, policy workers and their support bodies with the implementation of EU animal welfare legislation
- EURCAW Ruminants & Equines collates training activities and materials used in the Member States
- EURCAW Ruminants & Equines develops minimum (quality) standards for training activities on ruminant & equine welfare in husbandry, transport and slaughter