Proposed Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Cattle
Variation C2: (variation of proposed national standard S6.8)
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- Unquantifiable incremental net benefits of Variation C2 (Criterion II – reduced regulatory burden)
- Table 24 – Quantifiable 10-year incremental cost of Variation C2 by state and territory – 2012-13 dollars (7% discount rate) ($m) 128
- Proposed Standard NSW VIC
- Total PV $5.47 $5.29
- Table 25 – Range of average 10-year cost per cow as a result of Variation C2 by state and territory – 2012-13 dollars 129
- Public consultation question 8
4.3.6 Variation C2: (variation of proposed national standard S6.8)Variation C2 would be a variation of the proposed national standards (Option B) that would amend proposed standard 6.8, banning flank spaying and flank webbing. Unquantifiable incremental net benefits of Variation C2 (Criterion I - animal welfare) As compared to the ‘base case’ Variation C2 (banning flank spaying and flank webbing) would lead to greater animal welfare outcomes than Option B but less than under Variation C1 as it is expected that most cows would still be spayed. This is because DOT spayed cows would still be subject to acute pain in the short term. One of the major findings of a recent paper by Petherick et al (October, 2012)121 was that DOT spaying is preferable to flank spaying in that flank spaying had longer-lasting adverse impacts on welfare. In 2011, Petherick et al had reported that whilst flank spaying and DOT spaying were found to cause similar acute pain responses in female Bos indicus cattle – the inflammatory and pain responses in flank spayed cattle were still significantly increased four days after the procedure122. Variation C2 would improve the welfare for approximately 124,637 heifers and 39,002 cows123 (i.e. 163,639 cattle in total), with the majority of these animals again located in QLD. In summary, Variation C2 would affect 144,714 cattle in QLD, 6,237 cattle in WA and 12,688 in NT124. The remainder of welfare benefits under Variation C2 would be identical to those under Option B. Unquantifiable incremental net benefits of Variation C2 (Criterion II – reduced regulatory burden) Variation C2 would result in the same reduction in regulatory burden as Option B. Quantifiable and unquantifiable incremental net costs of Variation C2 (Criterion III – compliance costs) Variation C2 of Option B would impose incremental costs of approximately $173.49m over 10 years in 2012-13 dollars125, as summarised in Table 24. The costs would be mainly attributable to the cost of pain relief126 when either dehorning cattle under certain circumstances; and to the banning of all flank spaying and flank webbing127 of cattle, under proposed national standards S6.4 and the variation of S6.8, respectively. These two incremental costs would amount to approximately $156.09m in 2012-13 dollars (see Table 24). As shown in Table 24, the most impacted state would be QLD with respect to both proposed national standard S6.4 and variation to proposed national standard S6.8, with an incremental cost of $134.7m in 2012-13 dollars. Proposed standards under Variation C2 are also likely to result in minor unquantifiable costs and cost savings as discussed in Part 4.3.2 of this RIS. Table 24 – Quantifiable 10-year incremental cost of Variation C2 by state and territory – 2012-13 dollars (7% discount rate) ($m) 128
Table 25 gives the net cost impact per cow ranging from a cost of $0.64 in SA to a cost of $11.27 in QLD. Table 25 – Range of average 10-year cost per cow as a result of Variation C2 by state and territory – 2012-13 dollars129
Note: Care should be taken in using the average cost per cow in a jurisdiction to interpret the impact of standards or variations on a particular industry sector or an individual farmer’s herd. Public consultation question 8: Do you believe that the benefits achieved under Variation C2 of Option B, including welfare benefits of banning flank spaying and webbing and reduction in excess regulatory burden, are justified? Yüklə 2,86 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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