Slaughterhouse monitoring data for turkeys provides welfare outcome information that can be linked back to farm management to drive improvements.
Slaughter data provides objective welfare outcome information from the entire production period. Farm-level linkage of this data enables targeted welfare improvements rather than uniform sector-wide requirements. High bruising rates indicate catching welfare problems. High FPD scores indicate litter management failures. This data exists and is valuable but often remains unused for welfare improvement. Making slaughter outcome data systematically available for welfare audit and public reporting would transform accountability for turkey production welfare.