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. 2020 Jan 9;18(1):e05944. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5944

Table 50.

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

Hazard category Hazard
Housing Group housing, injuries from aggression, injuries arising from poor flooring or cage equipment
Ambient condition No hazard identified
Genetics No hazard identified
Nutrition and feeding Mismanaged feeding causing enteric disease
Management of biosecurity Health conditions (respiratory, enteric and reproductive diseases, pododermatitis)
Management of reproduction Poor AI technique, injection
Other

Identification procedures – tattooing, ear tagging

Poor handling of animals (cage changes, transfer in boxes for slaughter trucks)