The performance of farm animal assessment

作者：Roe E; Buller H^*; Bull J

来源：Animal Welfare, 2011, 20(1): 69-78.

DOI：10.1017/s096272860000244x

• animal-based measures
• animal welfare
• assessment
• assurance schemes
• farm inspections
• practice

This paper argues that the current drive towards greater use of animal-based measures for welfare assessment raises important issues for how farm visits by welfare assessors are performed. As social scientists, we employ a number of contemporary social science ideas to offer a new approach to examining the practice and performance of farm animal assessment. We identify key findings from a recent study of contemporary farm assessment and speculate upon what some of the challenges of introducing animal-based measures may be. We conclude by arguing for a greater awareness of how sets of knowledge are made, circulated, practiced and become an integral component of the procedures, practices and discourses around farm animal welfare assessment in farm assurance.

• 出版日期2011-2