Table 21.
Conventional | Elevated pens | Enriched cages | Floor | Organic | Outdoor | |||||||
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Rank | Welfare consequence | Welfare score | Welfare consequence | Welfare score | Welfare consequence | Welfare score | Welfare consequence | Welfare score | Welfare consequence | Welfare score | Welfare consequence | Welfare score |
1 | Inability to express gnawing behaviour | 0.22 | Inability to express gnawing behaviour | 0.30 | Inability to express gnawing behaviour | 0.36 | Prolonged hunger | 0.31 | Prolonged hunger | 0.23 | Heat stress | 0.45 |
2 | Resting problem | 0.08 | Prolonged hunger | 0.14 | Restriction of Movement | 0.24 | Prolonged thirst | 0.18 | Cold stress | 0.21 | Prolonged hunger | 0.32 |
3 | Heat stress | 0.07 | Neonatal disorder | 0.06 | Skin Disorder | 0.13 | Neonatal disorder | 0.16 | Heat stress | 0.19 | Neonatal disorder | 0.29 |
4 | Prolonged hunger | 0.06 | Fear | 0.03 | Heat stress | 0.04 | Gastro intestinal disorder | 0.09 | Gastrointestinal disorder | 0.09 | Cold stress | 0.28 |
5 | Restriction of movement | 0.05 | Skin disorder | 0.03 | Respiratory disorder | 0.04 | Cold stress | 0.07 | Neonatal disorders | 0.09 | Gastrointestinal disorder | 0.25 |