To allow official inspectors to link these welfare areas with verification of compliance, the review then states relevant EU legislation. Finally, the review summarizes ways of good and better practices that can help to solve the previously described welfare problems. The thematic factsheets give a quick and easy overview of the topics.

Husbandry

Tail docking and tail biting: Thematic factsheet & Webdossier
Management of unweaned piglets: Short review & Webdossier 'Tail docking and tail biting' & Webdossier 'Farrowing housing and management'
Existing practices and current research on feedback of tail slaughter findings: Short review & Webdossier 'Tail docking and tail biting'
Farrowing housing and management: Review & Thematic factsheet & Webdossier
Alternatives to farrowing crates: Review & Webdossier 'Farrowing housing and management'
Group-housing and mixing of sows: Review & Thematic factsheet & Webdossier
Hunger induced behaviours: aggression and stereotypies (sows): Review & Webdossier 'Group-housing and mixing of sows'
Heat stress on farm: Review & Webdossier
Alternatives to stalls for sows after weaning and in early pregnancy: Review & Webdossier 'Group-housing and mixing of sows'

Transport

Climate control and space allowance: Review & Thematic factsheet
Fitness for transport: Review & Thematic factsheet
Transport of sows: Review & Webdossier 'Climate control and space allowance' & Webdossier 'Fitness for transport'

Slaughter and killing

Arrival and lairage management at pig slaughterhouses: Review & Thematic factsheet & Webdossier
Pig welfare in slaughterhouses at stunning and bleeding: Review & Thematic factsheet & Webdossier
Euthanasia of suckling piglets on farm: Review & Thematic factsheet & Webdossier

EURCAW-Pigs' scientific output