Welfare Quality

This page displays summary information from data collected on farms so far.

Number of farms visited per country and animal type

#	Dairy cows	Fattening cattle	Growing pigs	Broilers
Austria	25	62	0	0
Belgium	48	0	0	44
Brazil	0	0	0	44
Czech Republic	15	0	0	0
Denmark	44	0	0	0
Finland	0	0	83	0
France	218	0	30	32
Germany	26	30	24	0
Honduras	1	0	1	0
Italy	25	46	0	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	30
Portugal	220	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	41	0
Sweden	41	0	0	0
United_Kingdom	92	27	29	38

Distribution of farms across welfare categories

Animal type:

Average scores obtained at principle level

Animal type:

Principle	Average Value
Good feeding	48.20
Good housing	55.88
Good health	37.18
Appropriate behaviour	39.03

Average scores obtained at criterion level

Animal type:

Criterion	Average Value
Absence of prolonged hunger	59.45
Absence of prolonged thirst	59.30
Comfort around resting	37.54
Ease of movement	88.92
Absence of injuries	49.40
Absence of diseases	41.71
Absence of pain induced by management procedures	47.94
Expression of social behaviours	69.55
Expression of other behaviours	47.43
Good human-animal relationship	51.24
Positive emotional state	54.62