ISO 4465:2022 テキスタイル — サプライチェーンにおける動物福祉 — アンゴラウサギの繊維の生産、準備、およびトレーサビリティに関する一般的な要件 (倫理的主張および補足情報を含む) | ページ 2

Foreword

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This document was prepared by Technical Committee 38, Textiles.

Introduction

The OIE TAHC (World Organisation for Animal Wealth, Terrestrial Animal Health Code) defines animal welfare as “how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives. An animal is in a good state of welfare if (as indicated by scientific evidence) it is healthy, comfortable, well nourished, safe, able to express innate behaviour, and if it is not suffering from unpleasant states such as pain, fear and distress. Good animal welfare requires disease prevention and veterinary treatment, appropriate shelter, management, nutrition, humane handling and humane slaughter/killing. Animal welfare refers to the state of the animal; the treatment that an animal receives is covered by other terms such as animal care, animal husbandry, and humane treatment”.

The domestic rabbit is a mammal pertaining to the Lagomorph order (with four incisors in the upper jaw). In particular, Angora rabbits come from Turkey (Ankara) and have always been prized for the production of quality animal fibre on a par with the Cashmere and Angora goat (mohair) and that of the South American camelids (Vigogna and Alpaca).

The production of animal fibre from Angora rabbits is an animal husbandry activity that is only practiced in certain parts of the world. The main producer of Angora rabbits today is China. These rabbits have the capacity to produce the very soft, warm fibre of a brilliant white colour known as: Angora. Rabbit pelts are double-coated, i.e. comprising a double layer of coarse fibres deriving from the primary hair follicles (guard hairs, which usually grow in groups of 3) and very soft underlying fibres that come from the secondary follicles (undercoat, located in proximity to the 3 primary follicles).

The Angora rabbit produces around 1-1,5 kg a year of fibre, or almost 30 % of its own live weight. The productive cycle of the rabbit lasts for around 3-4 years. Angora rabbit hair grows according to the classic model of follicular activity, which is divided into 3 main phases: the"anagen" or the full follicular activity phase, characterised by fibre growth; fibre the"catagen" or the phase of follicle regression and interruption of fibre growth; fibre and finally the"telogen" or follicle resting phase, characterized by fibre shedding fibre. For these reasons, Angora fibre is usually collected at regular intervals through combing or shearing. Said activities are greatly affected by the type of rabbit bred, how the business is managed, and obviously the nutritional conditions of the animals.

Operators who wish to breed rabbits in accordance with animal welfare methods shall ensure their activities comply with the provisions of international and national legislation in force concerning:

• production standards;
• animal housing conditions;
• transformation;
• packaging;
• transport;
• storage;
• ethical claims and supporting information;
• traceability;
• checks and inspections.

In addition to the Convention signed in Strasbourg^[4] and Directive 98/58/EC, this specification is based on five freedoms for the protection of animal welfare (see 1.2):

• 1) freedom from hunger, thirst and malnutrition;
• 2) freedom from physical and thermal discomfort;
• 3) freedom from injury and disease;
• 4) freedom to express normal species-specific behavioural patterns;
• 5) freedom from fear and stress.

1 Scope

This document applies to the management and control of critical activities in Angora rabbit farming, including accommodation, reproduction, feed and nutrients, health, fibre collection, ethical claims and supporting information.

2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

3 Terms and definitions

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