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Articles | Volume 68, issue 3
Articles | Volume 68, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-68-459-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-68-459-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 68, issue 3
Original study
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10 Jul 2025
Original study |  | 10 Jul 2025

On-farm welfare assessment of semi-extensively managed sheep using Animal Welfare Indicators (AWIN) protocol

Serdar Koçak, Zehra Bozkurt, Özlem Gücüyener Hacan, Koray Çelikeloğlu, Mustafa Tekerli, Mustafa Demirtaş, Samet Çinkaya, and Metin Erdoğan

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This study was conducted to identify key welfare risks using the AWIN (Animal Welfare Indicators) protocol for extensively managed sheep farms. Each farm was visited once. A total of 702 sheep were individually assessed on the farms as part of the second-level welfare criteria. The main animal welfare risks identified were housing facilities, the provision of adequate and balanced diets to the animals, and the implementation of appropriate animal health plans in accordance with the breed requirements.
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