WG17 – Impact of animal welfare improvement on working conditions

WG17 – Impact of animal welfare improvement on working conditions

This working group explores how regulatory, structural, technological and farming practice changes deemed to improve animal welfare impact the way farmers work, how farmers interact with animals and affect their respective welfares. The aim of this working group is to describe the impact of the changes due to animal welfare improvement on the agricultural work in all its dimensions: working hours, job content, physical or psychological strain, meaning of work, skills, fulfilment, etc. Participants will present the results of studies from a variety of production sectors, countries and disciplines (animal husbandry, ergonomics, psychology, sociology, applied ethology). One welfare approaches are welcome.

Convenors: Jousseins (Institut de l’élevage, France), Xavier Boivin (INRAE, France)

Impact of implementation of minimal confinement of lactating sows on pig husbandry and working conditions of stockpeople   
Ashley Jane Norval, Renate Wesselink, Perry den Brok, Vivi Aarestrup Moustsen    
 

Study of the impacts of animal welfare practices on the wellbeing of dairy and pig farmers   
Estelle Leroux, Morgane Leroux, Coralie Cocherel, Céline Lemignier, Le Guenic Marylise, Caroline Oulhen, Vanessa Lollivier    

 

Exploring Relational Practices between farmers and Limousin cattle to support One Welfare approaches in suckler systems.    
Gaël Barbier, Elsa Delanoue, Romain Lardy, Xavier Boivin   
 

Evolution of Work Perceptions in a Group of Women Livestock Farmers Committed to One Welfare   
Marylise LE GUENIC, Pascale GUILLERMIC, Laurence ANNIC, Estelle LEROUX, Christophe TACHEZ