Animal category: Cattle

Cattle lameness detection with accelerometers

N.W.O'Leary, D.T.Byrne, A.H.O'Connor, L.Shalloo

Published in 2020

Preview: “Locomotion scoring is time consuming and is not commonly completed on farms. Farmers also underestimate their herds' lameness prevalence, a knowledge gap that impedes lameness management. Automation of lameness detection could address this knowledge gap and facilitate improved lameness management. The literature pertinent to adding lameness detection to accelerometers is reviewed in this paper.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Modelling, Livestock farming system

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Etat des lieux de la douleur associée à la mise à mort des bovins sans étourdissement

Cécile Bourguet, Noémie Devriendt, Claudia Terlow, Gautier Riberolles

Published in 2020

Inventory of the sources of stress and pain associated with the stunning and killing of cattle in France, with and without stunning.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Brain integration, Cognitive processes

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Vocal individuality of Holstein-Friesian cattle is maintained across putatively positive and negative farming contexts.

Alexandra Green, Cameron Clark, Livio Favaro, Sabrina Lomax, David Reby

Published in 2020

Study to ascertain whether livestock are better able to maintain their individuality when communicating with other members of a familiar group than in other agricultural contexts with positive or negative values.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Welfare indicators, Stress, Livestock farming system, Vocalisation

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Automated prediction of mastitis infection patterns in dairy herds using machine learning

Robert M. Hyde, Peter M. Down, Andrew J. Bradley, James E. Breen, Chris Hudson, Katharine A. Leach, Martin J. Green

Published in 2020

Preview : “An accurate, automated mastitis diagnosis tool has great potential to aid non-specialist veterinary clinicians to make a rapid herd level diagnosis and promptly implement appropriate control measures for an extremely damaging disease [mastitis] in terms of animal health, productivity, welfare and antimicrobial use.”

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Risk management, Modelling, Livestock farming system

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ACCEPT - Acceptability of livestock farming to French society: mapping of controversies, collective mobilisation and future directions

Roguet C., Delanoue E., Dockès A.-C., Magdelaine P., van Tilbeurgh V., Grannec M.-L.

Published in 2020

Data on controversies surrounding livestock systems and practices, quantification of the reach of debates within the French population and typology of the French public's views

Document Types: Scientific paper

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Order of 24 February 2020 relating to the application by farmers of treatments intended to eliminate or alleviate pain associated with actions resulting from livestock management

Journal Officiel of the French Republic

Published in 2020

The Order authorizes livestock producers to employ any veterinary drug to suppress or alleviate pain associated with farm management practices.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues

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French Assemblée Nationale: written answer to Question No. QE 21931: Bien-être animal

Question: Bruno Fuchs (Mouvement Démocrate et Apparentées - Haut-Rhin). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2020

Question concerning the non-respect of animal welfare at the Ferme des Mille Vaches and the legal conviction of activists who exposed the conditions on this farm.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-004275/2019: Certifications to develop animal welfare labelling

Question: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica. Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Parliament

Published in 2020

Question on the progress of the labelling of products of animal origin in the EU

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-003903/2019 : Labelling of halal-certified products

Question: Peter Kofod. Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Parliament

Published in 2020

Question on a labelling system for halal meat products of the type used for kosher products, to inform consumers

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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