Livestock Industry guidelines for animal welfare :  DRAWING UP, MAINTAINING AND REVISING LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY GUIDELINES THAT INCLUDE ANIMAL WELFARE MATTERS

Request for Literature Review – Unintended consequences deleterious to the welfare of genetic selection in livestock in the industry

AUCTION AUDITS FOR LIVESTOCK WELFARE

PURPOSE

To establish at livestock auctions:

1. Are livestock welfare issues addressed?
2. Have the 6 main issues been checked?
3. How well are these issues covered?
4. Have any glaring problems been established?
5. Are the organisers aware of faults?
6. Are the organisers co-operative?

RATING SYSTEM

0   =        totally unacceptable / dangerous / nothing / drastic action needed

1   =        very poor, unacceptable, needs much improvement

2   =        poor, not acceptable, needs improvement, substandard

3   =        fair, acceptable, most items right, room for improvement

4   =        good, completely acceptable, little extra needed

5   =        excellent, serves as an example, perfect