Proportion of stock unaffected by animal welfare issues

Units

Percentage (%)

Example target

Benchmark against best practice

Example methods / guidance / references

What are tiers?

Tier 1

Estimate using own judgement and observations

For example, Assessing the Welfare of Farm Animals – A Review provides a selection of commonly used measures to infer animal welfare.

Tier 2

Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data

Tier 3

Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.

For example, measure using formal measurement protocols, animal sensing and/or lab testing data.

Example data sources

Internal records

Third-party data sources

Site-specific measurements or model outputs

Notes

‘Unaffected by’ could be defined more specifically by reference to non-exceedance of animal welfare standards for the relevant industry. Refer to: Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines.