| | Main critical control points at a beef or pork slaughter plant |
| | Percentage of animals stunned correctly on the first attempt |
| | Percentage that remain insensible |
| | Percentage that do not vocalize (moo, bellow, or squeal) during movement up the race and during handling and stunning |
| | Percentage that do not fall or slip during handling |
| | Percentage moved with no electric prod (goad) |
| | Acts of abuse that would result in an automatic audit failure |
| | Dragging sensible non-ambulatory animals |
| | Poking the animal in sensitive areas such as the eyes, ears, nose, or rectum with an electric prod or other object |
| | Deliberately driving animals over the top of other animals |
| | Slamming gates on animals |
| | Beating animals or breaking tails |
| | most important critical control points will make it more effective |
| | A good critical control point measures many problems |
| | A good critical control point is specific |
| | You manage what you measure |
| | Percentage of birds with good feather condition at the end of the laying period |
| | >>Note: Use published feather scoring systems |
| | Percentage of injured birds |
| | In cage systems, measure the percentage of cages where all the birds have enough space to be able to eat all at the same time |
| | >>Note: This helps to reduce fighting |
| | Specific housing specifications for welfare |
| | Welfare guidelines on surgical procedures |
| | >>Note: If hens are beak trimmed, the percentage of birds that have been correctly trimmed should be measured |
| | Life support backup procedures when the electricity fails in a mechanically ventilated building |
| | Ammonia levels in the building |
| | Space requirements in cages or on litter must be calculated with the number of hens placed in the house and not on house averages due to death losses |
| | >>Note: Space requirements must also be based on the actual usable full height space in slant back cages. All birds must be able to lie down at the same time without being on top of each other |
| | Handling measures - Same as broilers |
| | Farm Critical Control Points |
| | Animal Welfare Audits for Cattle, Pigs, and Chickens that use the HACCP Principles of Critical Control Points (Updated June 2006) |
| | Farm Critical Control Points |
| | Cattle handling - Score with an audit similar to the AMI guidelines |
| | Percentage of cattle moved with no electric prod |
| | Percentage that do not slip or fall |
| | Percentage that do not run into fences |
| | Percentage moved at a walk or trot |
| | Percentage of cows that are too thin and skinny |
| | >>Note: use published body condition scoring charts |
| | Percentage of animals that are lame |
| | >>Note: use published lameness scoring methods |
| | Welfare guidelines for surgical procedures |
| | Percentage of animals that appear to be in good health with no obvious problems such as bad eyes, injuries, warble grubs, swollen legs, or runny noses |
| | >>Note: This is one of the most important critical control points and conditions are highly variable around the world. It is also one of the more difficult things to measure |
| | >>Note: Can be monitored by mud scoring; use published scoring systems for mud on cattle |
| | >>Note: Weaning calves immediately before transport is not acceptable |
| | Broiler Chicken and Turkeys |
| | Handling Measures - Done at the slaughter plant |
| | >>Note: A separate slaughter audit is on this website |
| | Percentage of birds with broken wings |
| | >>Note: includes dislocated wings |
| | Percentage of broken legs |
| | Percentage of bruised birds |
| | Percentage of birds that are not able to lie down in the transport crates without being on top of other birds |
| | Ammonia levels in the buildings |
| | At the slaughter plant, measure the percentage of birds that have foot pad lesions |
| | Percentage of dirty birds that have been soiled by dirty litter |
| | Percentage of birds with hock burn |
| | Percentage of market ready birds that are lame |
| | >>Note: Use published gait scoring methods. Must be measured on the farm by walking through the birds. Birds with good legs will move away from the person. Score as lame the birds that can not walk or only walk 1 to 4 steps before laying down. Birds are too stressed to measure gait at the slaughter plant |
| | 2 = Reluctant to walk or not able to walk. Birds that walk only 1 to 4 steps would be scored as 2's |
| | 1 = Walks abnormally for at least 10 steps with an uneven stride and is unbalanced |
| | 0 = Normal - Walks at least 10 steps with ease and is well balanced |
| | Percentage of sows that are too thin and skinn |
| | >>Note: use published body condition scoring methods. If the vertebrae on her back show she is too thin |
| | Percentage of sows that are lame and scoring of lesions and swellings on the legs |
| | Percentage of market pigs that are lame |
| | Percentage of sows that have injuries |
| | >>Note: Count all injuries that are more severe than scratches that do not break the skin. Examples of injuries that should be counted are: shoulder pressure sores with a scab, tail bites, lacerations, and abrasions that break the skin. It is recommended to score different types of injuries as separate percentage scores, because injuries such as pressure sores, tail bites, and deep scratches from fighting have different causes |
| | Percentage of market pigs and piglets that have injuries |
| | Ammonia levels in the buildings |
| | Welfare guidelines on surgical procedures |
| | Life support backup procedures when the electricity fails in a mechanically ventilated building |
| | >>Note: Score sows and pigs separately. Percentage of sows and market pigs that have enough space so that they can lie down in full lateral recumbancy all at the same time, without being on top of each other. Some welfare codes require even more space |
| | Specific housing specifications for welfare |
| | Percentage of animals engaged in abnormal behaviors such as bar biting or belly nosing |
| | >>Note: Use handling measures similar to cattle. In addition, measure the percentage of DOA (Dead On Arrival) pigs and the percentage of stress or non-ambulatory pigs. See pig transport guidelines |
| | >>Note: Measures the animal's willingness to approach people. Low fear pigs are more productive and less stressed. Use published tests |
| | Life support backup procedures when the electricity fails in a mechanically ventilated building |
| | Percentage of injured hens in the breeder flock |
| | Other specific welfare specifications for housing |
| | Welfare guidelines on surgical procedures |
| | Percentage of cows that are lame; use published lameness scoring methods |
| | >>Note: Scoring of lesions and swellings on the legs should also be tabulated because they are easy to observe indicators of leg problems |
| | Percentage of cows that are too thin and skinny |
| | >>Note: use published body condition scoring methods |
| | Percentage of calves that have not received colostrums |
| | Prevention of downer non-ambulatory cows; calculate the percentage of downers |
| | Dragging of sensible downers is prohibited and animals that will not recover should be euthanized on the farm |
| | Welfare guidelines for surgical procedures such as tail docking and dehorning |
| | Ammonia levels in indoor housing |
| | Space requirements for cows and specific welfare housing specifications |
| | Animal Welfare Audits for Cattle, Pigs, and Chickens that use the HACCP Principles of Critical Control Points (Updated June 2006) |
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