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Welfare outcomes and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Key Performance Indicators are monitored regularly within all supply chains. This allows trends to be monitored to highlight areas of achievement and improvement. This means the continuous development and progression of welfare, efficiency and sustainable production. Key measures and trends for each supply chain are illustrated on the graphs below. Beef Beef cattle fluke active incidence rate Beef cattle pleurisy/pneumonia incidence rate Beef cattle early mortality (to weaning)

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Overall mortality Second stuns Includes beef cattle, veal and venison Chicken Pododermitis

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Seven day mortality Dead on arrivals Overall mean mortality

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Duck Average age at slaughter Birds affected with pododermatitis Dead on arrival

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Overall mortaility per crop Eggs Mortality Percentage fully beaked The percentage of fully beaked birds will vary according to the number of flocks placed within the year.

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Welfare outcome scores Welfare audits are conducted twice per flock. Based on these the producer is scored and ranked into one of four bands:

Bronze - Up to and including 65% Essential - Up to and including 75% Aspirational - Up to and including 85% Exception - Up to and including 100%

The graphs represent the percentage of producers who are in each band UK lamb Lambs born

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Ewe mortality Replacement rate New Zealand lamb Dead on arrival Average of both ANZCO Canterbury and ANZCO Rangitikei

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Percentage second wash If the lambs are clean when they come in they only have a very quick wash but if they come in dirty they are washed longer and if they are really bad they will be washed twice. For animal welfare reasons we want to wash as little as possible. Conventional milk Lameness (scores 2+3) Score 2: uneven weight bearing on a limb that is immediately identifiable and/or obviously shortened strides, usually with an arched back. Score 3: unable to walk as fast as a brisk human pace and cannot keep up with the healthy herd. Also signs of score 2 Somatic cell count Cell count in the milk - a measure of mastitis

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Pre-weaning mortality Number of piglets weaned per sow, per year Turkey Dead on arrival

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First week mortality Overall mortality