Farmer perspectives on welfare outcome assessment: learnings from four farm assurance scheme consultation exercises

Authors: L. van Dijk, S. Elwes, D. C. J. Main, S. M. Mullan, J. Jamieson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy, farm assurance schemes, farmer perspectives, laying hens, outcome-based measures

2018

Animal welfare initiatives improve feather cover of cage-free laying hens in the UK

Authors: S. Mullan, C. Szmaragd, M. D. Cooper, J. H. M. Wrathall, J. Jamieson, A. Bond, C. Atkinson, D. C. J. Main

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, farm assurance, feather loss, hen, industry, policy

2016

Standardising the assessment of environmental enrichment and tail-docking legal requirements for finishing pigs in Europe

Authors: B. Hothersall, L. Whistance, H. Zedlacher, B. Algers, E. Andersson, M. Bracke, V. Courboulay, P. Ferrari, C. Leeb, S. Mullan, J. Nowicki, M. C. Meunier-Salaün, T. Schwarz, L. Stadig, D. Main

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, inspector, legislation, pig, tail docking

2016

Best practice framework for animal welfare certification schemes

Authors: D. C. J. Main, S. Mullan, C. Atkinson, M. Cooper, J. H. M. Wrathall, H. J. Blokhuis

Publication/Journal: Trends in Food Science & Technology

Keywords: animal welfare certification, best practices

2014

Implementing Welfare Quality® in UK assurance schemes: evaluating the challenges

Authors: C. A. E. Heath, Y. Lin, S. Mullan, W. J. Browne, D. C. J. Main

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cow, focus group, on-farm assessment, score aggregation, welfare quality®

2014

Economic, education, encouragement and enforcement influences within farm assurance schemes

Authors: D. C. J. Main, S. Mullan

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, economic, education, encouragement, enforcement, farm assurance

2012

Welfare outcomes assessment in laying hen farm assurance schemes

Authors: D. C. J. Main, S. Mullan, C. Atkinson, A. Bond, M. Cooper, A. Fraser, W. J. Browne

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, farm assurance, feather loss, laying hen, sampling, welfare outcomes

2012

A pilot investigation of Farm Assurance assessors’ attitude to farm animal welfare as a confounding factor to training in pig welfare outcome measures

Authors: S. Mullan, S. A. Edwards, A. Butterworth, H. R. Whay, D. C. J. Main

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitude to animals, farm assurance, inter-observer reliability, pig, welfare outcome

2011

A pilot investigation of possible positive system descriptors in finishing pigs

Authors: S. Mullan, S.A. Edwards, A. Butterworth, H.R. Whay, D.C.J. Main

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, farm assurance, farming system, husbandry, pig, welfare outcomes

2011

Welfare science into practice: a successful case example of working with industry

Authors: S. Mullan, S. A. Edwards, A. Butterworth, M. Ward, H. R. Whay, D. C. J. Main

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, farm assurance, industry, pigs, research, science

2011