Table 25.

Hazards related to prolonged thirst. Hazards written in bold are scientifically proven by more than one source, those in normal text were found in only one paper, those on italic have been mentioned by the experts invited to the technical hearing meeting

Hazard category	Hazard
Housing	Badly designed drinker leading to competition for water access
Ambient condition	Low (< 10°C) or high (> 30°) ambient temperature
Genetics	No hazard identified
Nutrition and feeding	Breakdown of automatic watering systems Poor quality of the water
Management of biosecurity	No hazard identified
Management of reproduction	No hazard identified
Other	No hazard identified