Feed Planet Magazine Issue-Sayı: 35 February-Şubat 2022

42 INTERVIEW • RÖPORTAJ FEED PLANET / february 2022 • şubat 2022 It’s important to note that the European Union has a long history of regulating the welfare of farmed animals as well as the transport of animals. Animal (poultry) welfare can be related with many things such as equipment, litter conditions, water quality, feed quality, and etc. In this context, what are the main points to be taken into consideration from poultry factories side? Does welfare concept burden extra costs to them? What are the main problems? When the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carries out an assessment of welfare, it looks at a wide range of factors related with housing, husbandry and overall management of poultry production. This allows an overview of how the environment in which the animal is raised may impact its welfare. Research has identified indicators of negative and positive wel- fare, and EFSA carries out a comprehensive evalua- tion of the scientific studies looking at the relation- ship of these indicators with rearing practices and the physical environment where birds are placed. These indicators could be considered to monitor and im- prove the animal welfare on farm with benefits for all the whole production chain. With regards to intensive farming in poultry, certain welfare concerns can be listed, including growth poten- tial (fast growing), feed or water restriction, housing and behavioural needs (lack of foraging, searching, pecking, preening, stretching, running, nesting space, perching and ranging), among others. EFSA does not have the task to assess the extra costs but only to carry out an assessment of welfare. Animal welfare is of increasing concern to society, and many people with farm animals under their care along the food chain are striving to improve the welfare of those ani- mals. “HEALTH AND WELFARE ARE CLOSELY LINKED” How does poultry welfare benefit the birds and the consumers? Consumers seem to be increasingly more interested in purchasing products from animals that were treated humanely. Animal welfare is now considered by them as part of the overall quality of animal-derived products. EFSA's role is to identify which are the major problems in each production system, and to give advice on what to change to reduce the severity of certain welfare prob- lems, based on scientific evidence. Health and welfare are closely linked, and both are taken into account in EFSA's assessments. kenliğe ve gıda güvenliğine olumlu etkide bulunabilir. Avrupa Birliği'nin çiftlik hayvanlarının refahını ve hayvan- ların taşınmasını düzenleme konusunda uzun bir tarihi ol- duğuna değinmek istiyorum. Hayvan (kanatlı) refahı; ekipman, altlık durumu, su kalitesi, yem kalitesi vb. gibi birçok şeyle ilgili olabi- lir. Bu bağlamda, kanatlı hayvan fabrikaları açısından dikkat edilmesi gereken temel esaslar nelerdir? Refah kavramı fabrikalara ekstra maliyetler yüklüyor? Başlıca problemler nelerdir? Avrupa Gıda Güvenliği Otoritesi (EFSA) bir refah de- ğerlendirmesi yaptığında; barınma, hayvancılık ve kümes hayvanı üretiminin genel yönetimi ile ilgili çok çeşitli fak- törlere bakıyor. Bu, hayvanın yetiştirildiği ortamın refahını nasıl etkileyebileceğine dair genel bir bakış açısı sağlıyor. Olumsuz ve olumlu refah göstergeleri çeşitli araştırmalar- ca ortaya konulmuştur ve EFSA, bu göstergelerin yetiştir-