Published in 2023
Scientific review of the stunning methods used for halal animal slaughter and their effective compliance with halal standards.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines
Keywords: Carcass quality,Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress
Published in 2023
Answer to a question concerning the position of the French Minister of Agriculture, who has stated that he is against a ban on exports of live animals to countries outside the European Union.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal trade, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport
Published in 2023
Scientific article investigating whether on-farm slaughtering would be a selling point for minced beef in Germany. It shows that consumers attach the greatest importance to price, followed by information on on-farm slaughtering. Information on animal welfare is more important to German consumers than information on meat quality.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Carcass quality, Human-animal relationships,Societal issues
Published in 2023
Answer to a question concerning France's position on the differences in the application of the regulations on the transport of live animals within the European Union and the action it intends to take at European level to ensure respect for animal welfare.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Stress, Transport
Published in 2023
Systematic literature review to clarify the relationship between the various clinical presentations of laminitis and diet-induced ruminal acidosis. The review failed to prove a link between diet (high levels of rapidly-digested carbohydrates), ruminal acidosis and acute laminitis.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Pain, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the intentions of the French Ministry of Agriculture concerning the reinforcement of animal welfare guarantees in the specifications for livestock farms operating under the SIQO (signs of origin and quality) scheme.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Societal issues, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the European Commission's intentions regarding the participation of children under the age of 18 in bullfights, either as bullfighters or as spectators.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the nimal to the environment, Education, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Scientific review summarizing the behavioral and physiological controls used by cattle to manage heat exchange by radiation, convection, conduction and evaporation between the body and the environment, and thus regulate their temperature in hot conditions.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Living environment, Resilience, Robustness, Stress
Published in 2022
Scientific article using modelling to assess production losses due to heat stress in two different greenhouse gas emission scenarios. Depending on emission levels, economic losses vary between 9.8% and 3 to 7% of the value of beef and milk production worldwide in 2005. These results underline the importance of putting adaptation measures place in to combat heat stress if we are to ensure global food security.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to environment, Environment, Living environment, One Welfare, Robustness, Stress, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Systematic literature review identifying the behavioral and yield parameters of cows that are the best indicators of lameness and calculating the changes in them during lameness episodes. They include time taken to feed, number of lying periods, time taken to lie down, time spent lying down, and milk production. The values of all these parameters are significantly altered in the event of lameness, and could be used to detect lameness automatically.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Pain, Precision farming, Welfare indicators
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