HSA Seminar - Saturday 26 October 2024
Animal welfare during transport and slaughter – hot topics 2024
The HSA held a one-day seminar highlighting current issues and latest developments.
Date: Saturday 26 October 2024
Venue: Norton House Hotel, Edinburgh EH28 8LX
To view the presentations click the title below:
- Update on chicken catching, live exports and farmed fish
Andrew Voas (Scottish Government (SEERAD)) - Time for action – carbon dioxide can and should be replaced as a method for stunning pigs
Huw Golledge (Chief Executive HSA and UFAW) - Nitrogen foam for depopulation of pigs and poultry
Jess Martin (Newcastle University) - The Head to Heart (H2H) Euthanizer (poultry killing device) – a regulator’s viewpoint
Joe Anzuino (Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)) - Temperature controlled transport of poultry
Peter Kettlewell (Livetec Systems Ltd) - Update on HSA international projects
Birte Nielsen (Research Director HSA and UFAW) - Livestock transport at sea between Scottish islands and the mainland
Simon Turner (Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)) - Abattoir provision in Scotland and opportunities for mobile slaughterhouses
Ellie Wigham (University of Glasgow) - Provision of local and private kill facilities in Scotland
Fergus Younger (Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS)) - Animal welfare in commercial fishing
Nicola Randall (Harper Adams University) - Animal welfare in commercial fishing
Linda Wood (Marks & Spencer)
A chaired panel discussion followed the presentations.
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