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Borest Study June 2015 SANCO/2012/10357 RESTRAINING SYSTEMS FOR BOVINE ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED WITHOUT STUNNING WELFARE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ACRONYM: BOREST FINAL REPORT JUNE 2015 Coordinator : L. Mirabito, Institut de l’Elevage 149, Rue de Bercy 75 595 Paris Cedex 12 Coordinator Luc Mirabito, Institut de l’Elevage Authors and participants Lisanne Stadig, ILVO Claudia Terlouw, INRA Cécile Bourguet, INRA Virginie Marzin, Institut de l’Elevage Barbara Ducreux, Institut de l’Elevage Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, IREMAM Antoni Dalmau, IRTA Pedro Rodriguez, IRTA Joaquim Pallisera Lloveras, IRTA Willy Baltussen, LEI-Wageningen UR Marien Gerritzen, Wageningen UR- Livestock Research Mariet de Winter, LEI-Wageningen UR Troy Gibson, Royal Veterinary College Beniamino Cenci-Goga, University of Perugia Sara Novelli, University of Perugia CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 1 2. OVERVIEW OF THE METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................. 5 3. REVIEW OF THE CURRENT LITERATURE ON UPRIGHT AND ROTATING RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR SLAUGHTER OF BOVINE ANIMALS WITHOUT STUNNING ..................................................................................... 11 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Rotating restraint ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Upright restraint .............................................................................................................................................. 23 Entry to slaughter interval ............................................................................................................................... 27 Time to Insensibility in rotating and upright restraints .................................................................................. 29 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 4. CURRENT SITUATION OF THE RESTRAINT PRACTICES OF BOVINE ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED WITHOUT STUNNING ............................................................................................................................................................. 33 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 33 Methodology .................................................................................................................................................... 33 Results .............................................................................................................................................................. 35 Overview of meat production and restraint practices used for Religious slaughter of bovine animals in European Union ........................................................................................................................................... 35 Inventory of the restraint devices used by commercial slaughterhouses performing slaughter without previous stunning in six selected Member states ...................................................................................... 49 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................ 61 5. ASSESSMENT OF WELFARE OF BOVINE ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED WITHOUT STUNNING USING DIFFERENT RESTRAINT DEVICES/PRACTICES ........................................................................................................................... 65 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 65 Material and Method ....................................................................................................................................... 67 Description of the sample of groups of animals ......................................................................................... 67 Measures ...................................................................................................................................................... 73 Planning ....................................................................................................................................................... 75 Results .............................................................................................................................................................. 77 Entry of the bovine animals into the restraint device (from “nose in device” to “head out of device” before start of the restraining procedure) .................................................................................................. 77 Restraint procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 85 Cutting and bleeding ................................................................................................................................... 93 Signs of consciousness ................................................................................................................................. 99 Conclusion and recommendations ................................................................................................................ 111 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................. 111 Recommendations and best observed practices for adult bovine animals ............................................... 115 6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF THE DIFFERENT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR SLAUGHTERING BOVINE ANIMALS WITHOUT STUNNING .................................................................................. 123 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 123 Objectives and scope of the study ................................................................................................................ 125 Objectives and scope ................................................................................................................................. 125 Method ...................................................................................................................................................... 125 Process ....................................................................................................................................................... 129 Socio-economic implications of the different restraint systems .................................................................. 135 Economic costs ........................................................................................................................................... 135 Religious aspects ........................................................................................................................................ 139 Work safety ................................................................................................................................................ 141 Intra-EU trade and trade with third countries .......................................................................................... 143 Animal Welfare .......................................................................................................................................... 145 DISCUSSION and Conclusion ..................................................................................................................... 149 Scenarios for implementing technical recommendations ............................................................................ 153 Description of the Scenarios ..................................................................................................................... 153 Assessment of the impact of the different scenarios ............................................................................... 163 Indicators for monitoring and evaluation ..................................................................................................... 185 Conclusion on the socio-economic implications ........................................................................................... 187 7. GENERAL CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................. 191 context of the study ....................................................................................................................................... 191 restraint practices of bovine animals slaughtered without stunning .......................................................... 191 Welfare of animals and restraint devices/practices ..................................................................................... 193 Scenarios for future EU policies ..................................................................................................................... 195
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