Improving Animal Welfare in Livestock Operations

In the past decade, animal welfare has been increasingly recognized in importance in commercial livestock operations. Governments, academic institutions, and animal welfare professionals are addressing animal welfare at different points in the agricultural supply chain, while consumers are demanding higher standards for food safety and animal welfare. Meanwhile, regional and global initiatives to provide guidance on acceptable animal welfare practices have emerged. IFC is committed to working with clients to reduce losses, increase productivity, and/or access new markets through the application of sustainability principles, including animal welfare standards. This Good Practice Note (GPN), which supersedes the 2006 edition, contributes to IFC s continued commitment to supporting clients in a responsible and forward-looking approach to traditional livestock production (dairy, beef, broiler chickens, layer chickens, pigs, and ducks) and aquaculture in intensive and extensive systems to, among other things, help producers access and maintain entry to high quality and value market segments. This GPN describes a range of animal welfare good practice and complements IFC s Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability (2012), in particular animal husbandry requirements for IFC clients as reflected in Performance Standard (PS): biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of living natural resources. The note also describes IFC s approach to animal welfare, including details on IFC s approach to due diligence. For more publications on IFC Sustainability please visit www.ifc.org/sustainabilitypublications.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-12
Subjects:	ACTION PLAN, AGGRESSIVE, AGRIBUSINESS, ANALGESICS, ANIMAL, ANIMAL BREEDS, ANIMAL CARE, ANIMAL DISEASES, ANIMAL HEALTH, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, ANIMAL NUTRITION, ANIMAL PRODUCTION, ANIMAL PRODUCTION SPECIALISTS, ANIMAL PRODUCTS, ANIMAL PROTECTION, ANIMAL SLAUGHTER, ANIMAL TRANSPORT, ANIMAL WELFARE, ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES, ANIMAL WELFARE LEGISLATION, AQUACULTURE, AQUATIC ANIMAL, AQUATIC ANIMALS, AUDITS, BACTERIA, BEAR, BEEF, BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIRDS, BREED, BREEDERS, BREEDING, BREEDING STOCK, BREEDS, BROILER CHICKENS, CALVES, CHICKEN, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPLEMENTS, CONSUMER DEMAND, CONTAMINANTS, CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, CULTURAL PRACTICES, DAIRY, DAIRY FARMS, DEAD ANIMALS, DIETS, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, DISEASE OUTBREAKS, DISEASE PREVENTION, DISEASE TRANSMISSION, DRAINAGE, DUCKS, EARLY DETECTION, EGG, EGGS, ETHOLOGY, FAO, FARM, FARM ANIMALS, FARMED FISH, FARMER, FARMING, FARMING SYSTEMS, FARMS, FATTENING, FEED, FEED CONVERSION, FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY, FEEDING, FEEDING SYSTEMS, FIRE, FIRE RISK, FISH, FISHERIES, FITNESS, FLOCK, FOOD PROCESSING, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD SUPPLY, FOWL, FRESH WATER, GENETIC, GENETIC SELECTION, GENETICS, GLOBAL MANDATE, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, HUMANE TREATMENT, INJURIES, INNOVATION, INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, INTENSIVE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, ISSUES, LAMB, LAWS, LITTER, LIVE FISH, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES, LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISE, LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY, LIVESTOCK INTERACTIONS, LIVESTOCK INVESTMENTS, LIVESTOCK OPERATION, LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCER, LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY, LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, MALNUTRITION, MARKETING, MEAT, MILK, MOLDS, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATES, MUSSEL, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEST, NURSING, PARASITES, PIG, PIGS, PLANT, PORK, POULTRY, POULTRY OPERATIONS, POULTRY SYSTEMS, PREDATORS, PREGNANCY, PRICE PREMIUM, PRODUCE, PRODUCER GROUPS, PRODUCT QUALITY, PRODUCTION COSTS, PROTECTION OF ANIMALS, PUBLIC HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE, REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE, RESEARCH PROGRAMS, RESERVES, SALMON, SLAUGHTERING, SOCIAL ISSUES, SOCIAL POLICY, SPECIES, SPILLAGE, STRAW, SUPPLIERS, SUPPLY CHAIN, TURKEYS, VENTILATION, VETERINARIANS, VETERINARY, VETERINARY CARE, VETERINARY PROFESSION, VETERINARY PUBLIC, VETERINARY SERVICES, WALKING, WASTE, WATER REQUIREMENTS, WATER SUPPLY, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, WOOL,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23862786/improving-animal-welfare-livestock-operations-good-practice-note https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21505
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