Animal welfare check cattle ✔
Development of an animal welfare assessment tool based on selected indicators for Schleswig-Holstein dairy farms
Project description
How can animal welfare be measured? Both farmers and politicians are calling for standardised recording of the animal welfare situation on dairy farms in Schleswig-Holstein. Data from the LKV, RSH eG and HIT already provide a broad basis of indicators that enable a largely automated, standardised and comparable assessment.
As part of the project work, the existing data was to be collated for the first time. In addition, the operational group set itself the goal of developing a suitable and practicable instrument for regularly analysing animal welfare. To this end, indicators from the nationwide projects ‘Q Check’ and ‘EiKoTiGer’ (self-monitoring of animal welfare) were used and supplemented by indicators from the operational environment.
The ‘Animal Welfare Check’ app that emerged from the project and the e-learning programme serve as a practical and efficient aid for assessing the animal welfare situation on the farm.
Further information can be found at https://tierwohl-check-sh.de/ as well as in the final report and the practice sheet.
