Animal welfare at slaughter and killing for disease control for poultry

The eLearning course aims to improve the knowledge and skills of staff performing official controls concerning animal welfare at slaughter and killing for disease control purposes.

This eLearning course is aimed at allowing participants to improve their knowledge and skills in:

• Main references to the legislative requirements for poultry.
• Scientific basis for proper stunning and slaughter of poultry (basic animal behaviour and basic anatomy); Main stunning and slaughter techniques applied in slaughterhouses.
• Development of standard operating procedures and monitoring of their application.
• Animal welfare indicators: practical examples in slaughterhouses and problem raised by the risk of electro-immobilisation in poultry and the use of high frequency currents.
• Main legislative requirements on animal welfare during killing for disease control purposes.
• Main stunning and killing techniques for poultry.
• Development of action plans for depopulation.