A B s T R A C T Animal welfare is an important pillar ofsustainability in meat production and is associated with other aspects of this concept, such as animal health, productivity safety food and efficiency from cost of production perspective. These interactions are tallstages of the production cycle. from the beginning of farm until their farm, some of the main welfare issues are related to neonatal mortality and low level of sensory which likely to engender stereotypes and injurious behaviours, such as tail-biting. are Pre slaughter handling refers to the interaction between humans and animals prior to and during transport slaughter. Strategies reduce pre slaughter stress will benefitcarcassand meat quality training of of the most cost-effective policies to improve animal welfare. These strategies include also the implementation monitoring procedures to detect signs of consciousness after stunning. before o sticking and bleeding until death occurs.