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Overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the Nordic countries
On farm mortality is an increasing problem in cattle production systems in the Nordic countries. It represents an economic loss to the farmer and raises questions of sustainability, food waste and animal welfare. On-farm emergency slaughter (OFES) represents, in some situations, an opportunity for a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8981646/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35379275 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-022-00627-0 |
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author | Skúladóttir, Gíslína Phythian, Clare Joan Holmøy, Ingrid Hunter Myhrene, Guro Alvåsen, Karin Martin, Adam Dunstan |
author_facet | Skúladóttir, Gíslína Phythian, Clare Joan Holmøy, Ingrid Hunter Myhrene, Guro Alvåsen, Karin Martin, Adam Dunstan |
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description | On farm mortality is an increasing problem in cattle production systems in the Nordic countries. It represents an economic loss to the farmer and raises questions of sustainability, food waste and animal welfare. On-farm emergency slaughter (OFES) represents, in some situations, an opportunity for a farmer to salvage some of the economic value from an animal that cannot be transported to a slaughterhouse. The basis of the regulation of OFES in the Nordic countries originates largely from legislation from the European Union. However, this review has found that the availability and practice of OFES in the Nordic countries differs considerably. For example, in Norway 4.2% of all cattle slaughter is OFES, whilst in Iceland OFES has never been recorded. National food safety authorities have issued differing regulations and guidelines regarding the suitability of sick and injured animals for OFES. This review shows there is a paucity of data regarding the incidence and reasons for the use of OFES of cattle in the Nordic countries and points out the need for more investigation into this area to improve veterinary education, consumer protection and animal welfare. |
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spelling | pubmed-89816462022-04-06 Overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the Nordic countries Skúladóttir, Gíslína Phythian, Clare Joan Holmøy, Ingrid Hunter Myhrene, Guro Alvåsen, Karin Martin, Adam Dunstan Acta Vet Scand Review On farm mortality is an increasing problem in cattle production systems in the Nordic countries. It represents an economic loss to the farmer and raises questions of sustainability, food waste and animal welfare. On-farm emergency slaughter (OFES) represents, in some situations, an opportunity for a farmer to salvage some of the economic value from an animal that cannot be transported to a slaughterhouse. The basis of the regulation of OFES in the Nordic countries originates largely from legislation from the European Union. However, this review has found that the availability and practice of OFES in the Nordic countries differs considerably. For example, in Norway 4.2% of all cattle slaughter is OFES, whilst in Iceland OFES has never been recorded. National food safety authorities have issued differing regulations and guidelines regarding the suitability of sick and injured animals for OFES. This review shows there is a paucity of data regarding the incidence and reasons for the use of OFES of cattle in the Nordic countries and points out the need for more investigation into this area to improve veterinary education, consumer protection and animal welfare. BioMed Central 2022-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8981646/ /pubmed/35379275 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-022-00627-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Review Skúladóttir, Gíslína Phythian, Clare Joan Holmøy, Ingrid Hunter Myhrene, Guro Alvåsen, Karin Martin, Adam Dunstan Overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the Nordic countries |
title | Overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the Nordic countries |
title_full | Overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the Nordic countries |
title_fullStr | Overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the Nordic countries |
title_full_unstemmed | Overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the Nordic countries |
title_short | Overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the Nordic countries |
title_sort | overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the nordic countries |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8981646/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35379275 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-022-00627-0 |
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