Animal category: Cattle

Scientific article presenting a method of designing breeding and rearing systems that takes into account the animal as a subject, in order to improve animal welfare. Giving an animal the opportunity to influence its environment through choices and decision making according to its own preferences allows the animal to have positive experiences. The aim of the method is to create a mutually beneficial relationship between human goals and animal welfare in future breeding and rearing systems.

In view of the increasing number of accidents related to the transport of live animals by sea, the Veterinary Academy sets out the existing regulations, identifies the ways these rules can be broken, announces the creation of a working group to issue an opinion on the matter and, pending this, makes a number of recommendations.

French translation of a poster showing images of the main hoof lesions to be found in cattle, to enable differential diagnosis to be carried out. It complements the ICAR atlas on hoof health.

Systematic review of the scientific literature on the comparison of welfare indicators, including emotional status, natural behaviour and health of tethered and loose-housed cows. It shows differences in the prevalence of some diseases between the two types of housing and changes to some natural behaviours in tethered housing. There is insufficient data on the emotional state of the animals.

Threats to animal welfare during transport, listing the specific risk factors and proposing measures to ensure better welfare.

Ex-post evaluation of EU animal-welfare labelling legislation, applying the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU added value

Answer to an EU parliamentary question on the availability of statistics on the demand for and production of meat from ritual slaughter

Answer to a parliamentary question on the availability of statistical data on the production of and demand for meat from ritual slaughter.

Answer to a parliamentary question on the availability of statistical data on the production of and demand for meat from ritual slaughter.

Article showing that Swedish dairy farmers have different opinions on the flooring characteristics that impact animal welfare and therefore on the choice of flooring for their facilities.