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Advancements in Animal-Friendly Production: Alternatives to Castration and Dehorning

ALCASDE is a pioneering European project focused on developing and promoting alternatives to the surgical castration of pigs and the dehorning of cattle. As the EU enhances legislation to maintain high standards of animal health and welfare, the project aims to support research that encourages consumer acceptance of pig meat from entire males and cattle farming practices that avoid dehorning. Coordinated by IRTA in Spain, ALCASDE involves 20 organizations across Europe, working towards improved animal welfare in livestock production.

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Advancements in Animal-Friendly Production: Alternatives to Castration and Dehorning

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  1. Study on the improved methods for animal-friendly production in particular on alternatives to the castration of pigs and on alternatives to the dehorning of cattle M.A. Oliver1; L. Mirabito2; I. Veissier3; C. Thomas4; M. Bonneau5; O. Doran6; G. Tacken7; G. Backus7; G. Cozzi8; U. Knierim9; O.N. Pentelescu10. 1IRTA, Monells, 17121, Spain, 2IE, Paris, 75595, France, 3INRA, St. Genès Chamapanelle, F63122, France, 4EAAP, Rome, 00161, Italy, 5INRA, ST. Gilles, 35590, France, 6UWE, Bristol, BS 161QY, United Kingdom,7LEI, The Haugue, 2585 DH, Netherlands, 8UNIPID, Legnaro, 35020, Italy, 9UKA, Kassel, 34109, Germany, 10UASVM, Cluj-Napoca, 400372, Romania. www.ALCASDE.eu 60 EAAP Congress Barcelona, August 2009 INTRODUCTION ALCASDE is an European project with the aim of developing and promoting alternatives to the surgical castration of pigs and the dehorning of cattle. The European Union has progressively developed a harmonized legislation with the aim of keeping a high status of animal health and welfare. In this context, the overall objective of the project is to develop and promote alternatives to the surgical castration of pigs and to develop and promote alternatives to the dehorning of cattle. The aim of the contract is to provide research results that will support EU policy to promote demand and acceptance by consumers of pig meat from entire males or produced with alternatives to the surgical castration and also to encourage cattle production systems that do not require the dehorning of cattle. MATERIAL and METHODS PARTNERS Sub-Project 1. Alternatives to castration 1. The Consortium comprises 20 participant organizations and it is coordinated by the Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA) in Spain. Sub-Project 2. Alternatives to dehorning Geographical distribution of the participant organizations in the ALCASDE project. Promotion and Dissemination Acknowledgements European Commission, Health and Consumers Directorate General Directorate D Animal Health and Welfare

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