145683 20241122130823.0 doi 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109689 sideral 140571 ART-2025-140571 eng Huanca-Marca, Nancy F. Assessment of pig welfare at slaughterhouse level: A systematic review of animal-based indicators suitable for inclusion in monitoring protocols 2025 Pig welfare constitutes a strategic pillar of sustainability within the pork industry. Consequently, there is a need to identify, develop and/or validate indicators for assessing pig wellbeing under commercial conditions. A systematic review following PRISMA guidelines identified 95 pig welfare indicators (PWIs) categorized into physiological, behavioral, health and post-mortem, and product quality. The review evaluated their validity and feasibility (V&F) for use in abattoirs to measure welfare during transport and slaughter. Thirty V&F indicators were found: one physiological (body temperature), 12 behavioral (human-animal relationship, aggression, falling, vocalization, slipping, panting, lying down, sitting, turning back), 13 health and post-mortem (presence of entry points, hernias, body lesions, ear lesions, tail lesions, pericarditis, pneumonia, bursitis, lameness, dead animals, walking and non-walking animals), and four product quality (pH, bruises, body condition, carcass weight). This information might help to identify the factors that affect the risk level of particular pig welfare problems, thereby aiding in the application of risk-based strategies. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/OPTICARN 2022/2054 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Estévez-Moreno, Laura X. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4647-9315 Losada Espinosa, Natyieli Miranda-de la Lama, Genaro C. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6848-1010 5011 235 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural Área Econom.Sociol.Polit.Agra. 2008 700 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Produc.Animal Cienc.Ali. Área Producción Animal 220 (2025), 109689 [16 pp.] Meat sci. Meat Science 0309-1740 1591557 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145683/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2660913 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145683/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:145683 articulos driver 2024-11-22-11:52:34 ARTICLE