Published in 2021
Scientific review of issues that affect the treatment and management of laminitis in donkeys compared to horses, highlighting the differences in use, behaviour and anatomy that call for a different approach.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Pain, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific article on tests carried out to evaluate the effectiveness for animal welfare of introducing the regular practice by equine owners of scratching a horse while carrying out routine care . The owners performed the action for 1 month and then took part in a semi-structured interview. The introduction of the habit had a positive impact on human behaviour towards the horses.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Learning, training, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
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.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Stress, Transport
Published in 2021
The first draft of the Guide de bonnes pratiques pour l’application des engagements de la charte pour le bien-être des équidés was submitted for evaluation to Anses, which issued its opinion in January 2021. This revised version 2.0, which incorporates Anses's recommendations, was validated by the Ministry of Agriculture on 15 July 2021.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Pain
Published in 2021
Ex-post evaluation of EU animal-welfare labelling legislation, applying the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU added value
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Answer to an EU parliamentary question on the availability of statistics on the demand for and production of meat from ritual slaughter
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues
Published in 2021
Answer to a parliamentary question on the availability of statistical data on the production of and demand for meat from ritual slaughter.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues
Published in 2021
Answer to a parliamentary question on the availability of statistical data on the production of and demand for meat from ritual slaughter.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues
Published in 2021
Question on the existence of statistics on the demand for and production of meat from ritually-slaughtered animals in France.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues
Published in 2021
Scientific review of articles dealing with 4 topics, both alone and in combination: animal welfare, the physiology of stress, impacts on climate change, and production in livestock farming. It concludes that, although all these areas are strongly represented in the literature, there is a lack of studies examining their interactions and their impacts on livestock production.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Environment,Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress
