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Animal Health and Welfare Award
Higher welfare you can measure.
About this category
This award recognises a livestock or dairy farm whose approach to animal health and welfare stands out, including disease prevention, responsible medicine use and working with the vet. Judges look for measured results and the care behind them.
Eligibility
- Open to UK livestock
- Dairy
- Pig and poultry farms
Judging criteria
- Health and welfare results
- Prevention and biosecurity
- Responsible medicine use
- Partnership with the vet
- Training
Qualitative criteria
Every animal given the best chance of a good life.
Metrics
- Mortality
- Lameness
- Disease incidence
- Antibiotic use and welfare audit results
Additional criteria
Entries should include a short account of the farm or business, supporting figures such as yields, herd or flock performance, costs or margins where relevant, and, where possible, comments from customers, buyers, advisers or neighbours. Figures can be given as ranges or percentages and nothing in an entry is shared beyond the judging panel. Judges consider the size, type and location of the farm, so a small upland holding competes on equal terms with a large lowland estate.
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