Publikationsdatenbank

Innovative e-Learning training modules to improve animal welfare during transport and slaughter of pigs:
a pretest-posttest study to pre-evaluate the general didactical concept (2023)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Isbrandt, Rudi (WE 8)

Langkabel, Nina (WE 8)

Doherr, Marcus G. (WE 16)

Haase, Sebastian

Meemken, Diana (WE 8)

Forschungsprojekt

Entwicklung von zielgruppenorientierten E-Learning-Schulungsunterlagen zur Verbesserung des Tierschutzes bei Transport und Schlachtung von Rind und Schwein (Akronym: eSchulTS2)

Quelle

Animals

Bandzählung: 13

Heftzählung: 23

Seiten: 3593

ISSN: 2076-2615

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38066944/

DOI: 10.3390/ani13233593

Pubmed: 38066944

Kontakt

Institut für Veterinär-Epidemiologie und Biometrie

Königsweg 67
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 56034
epi@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

In addition to the information on the possession of a certificate of competence, there are no concrete obligations for repetitive training for personnel handling live animals at transport and slaughter. Deficiencies in the animal-welfare-friendly handling of pigs are known. The developed pilot modules "Handling of pigs" and "Electrical stunning" were tested in a pretest-posttest study in German and Romanian using questions of knowledge before and after the implementation of the modules. In this study, 45 and 46 datasets of participants could be analyzed. The mean percentages of correctly answered questions in the posttest increased by 5.6% in the module "Handling of pigs" and by 10.6% in the module "Electrical stunning". A significant interaction was found for the language match and trend categories in the module "Handling of pigs". No Romanian native speaker had a positive trend in this module. For both modules separately, participant education level significantly interacted with the language match and the presence or absence of a certificate of competence. Comparing the percentages of the correct given answers, significant interactions in the subgroups were more common in the module "Electrical stunning". One question in "Electrical stunning" was correctly answered significantly more often in the posttest. Because of the positive mean trends of knowledge within this pre-evaluation, we assume the didactical concept was suitable for our target groups. Holders of a certificate of competence also gave more correct answers in the post-test. This underlines the importance of repetitive training. Differences in the trends of knowledge gain seem to be topic and experience related.