Competent Authorities, inspectors and policy workers from EU Member States can ask EURCAW-Poultry-SFA scientific and technical questions they may have regarding poultry and small farmed animals’ welfare. The other EURCAWs provide a similar service for their species: Pigs, Aqua, and Ruminants and Equines.

These ‘Questions to EURCAW’ (Q2Es) are regularly submitted and answers are published online. Unfortunately, sometimes the research literature is unclear or even lacking on some important questions. In those cases, “further research is necessary”.

The four EURCAWs have been invited by the EU Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (link) to submit urgent research needs. The Partnership is currently revising its Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), and will consider new important topics.

Fingers crossed that these questions from MS officials will be answered in the future, through sound science!