Animal category: Pigs

Rapport du CGAAER n° 19075-01 : Comité de suivi et d’évaluation de l’expérimentation du dispositif de contrôle par vidéo dans les abattoirs tel que prévu par l’article 71 de la loi du 30 octobre 2018

François Gerster

Published in 2022

Conclusions of the monitoring committee for the video-monitoring pilot carried out in 5 volunteer abattoirs, all of which were satisfied with the system and wished to keep it. The advantages and disadvantages of this system are listed, and suggestions are made for improvements.

Document Types: Scientific review

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

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress

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Guide d’évaluation de l’aptitude au transport des animaux de boucherie malades ou blessés

OSAV and ASVC

Published in 2022

Article on a guide produced by the OSAV and the Swiss Association of Canton Veterinarians, which sets out the criteria for assessing an animal's suitability for transport and describes precautionary measures to ensure careful treatment of the animals. 

Document Types: Good practice guide

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

Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-001021/22: Mobile slaughterhouses

Question: Christine Schneider (EPP). Answer: Mem Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on mobile abattoirs, whether they should be authorised by the EU and, if so, whether the EU should provide financial support and launch a pilot project.
Document type: Reply from the European Commission

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Is Smart Farming Making Life Worse for Farmed Animals?

Karen Asp

Published in 2022

Article setting out the benefits and limitations of smart farming for the improvement of the living conditions of farm animals. While it makes the farmer's work easier, it is less clear that it has a positive impact on animal welfare.

Document types: Technical Paper

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

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system

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Slaughtering of heifers in a local or an industrial abattoir: Animal welfare and meat quality consequences

Pablo Guarnido-López, Virginia Celia Resconi, María del Mar Campo, Ana Guerrero, Gustavo Adolfo María, José Luis Olleta

Published in 2022

Scientific paper comparing animal stress responses and meat quality in a small local abattoir and in an industrial abattoir. Values for several stress indicators were lower in the animals treated in the local abattoir, and the appearance and organoleptic qualities of the local abattoir meat were superior.

Document Types: Scientific paper

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

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress

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Evaluation of Two Injection Techniques in Combination with the Local Anesthetics Lidocaine and Mepivacaine for Piglets Undergoing Surgical Castration

Julia Werner, Anna M. Saller, Judith Reiser, Steffanie Senf, Pauline Deffner, Nora Abendschön, Johannes Fischer, Andrea Grott, Regina Miller, Yury Zablotski, Katja Steiger, Shana Bergmann, Michael H. Erhard, Mathias Ritzmann, Susanne Zöls, Christine Baumgartner

Published in 2022

Scientific paper comparing the relative effects on heart rate, mean arterial pressure, pain movements and physiological stress markers of two injection techniques, involving 1 or 2 stages, for lidocaine or mepivacaine during the castration of piglets.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Pain, Mutilation, Stress

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Exploration of early social behaviors and social styles in relation to individual characteristics in suckling piglets

C. Clouard, R. Resmond, A. Prunier, C. Tallet, E. Merlot

Published in 2022

Scientific paper identifying social nosing as the major social interaction and identifying three early social styles in suckling piglets: low-solicited iother small companion animalstive animals, mostly females, active animals, mostly males, and highly-solicited avoiders.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Cognitive processes

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Responsive approaches for improving inspection processes

EURCAW-Pigs

Published in 2022

Summary of approaches that veterinary inspectors can use to improve communication during livestock welfare inspections, including paired inspections, participatory group training, training on maintaining motivation, and in delivering bad news. 

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Welfare indicators

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Music modulates emotional responses in growing pigs

Juliana Zapata Cardona, Maria Camila Ceballos, Ariel Marcel Tarazona Morales, Edimer David Jaramillo, Berardo de Jesús Rodríguez

Published in 2022

Scientific paper showing that piglets have increased emotional responses when listening to music and different affective states depending on the harmonic structure of the music. Music could therefore be used as a form of environmental enrichment.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Preslaughter handling and slaughter of meat animals

Luigi Faucitano

Published in 2022

Announcement of a book on the slaughter preparation and slaughter of animals for human consumption. After a general chapter on welfare assessment using animal-based indicators, individual chapters are devoted to different species: cattle, fish, horses, pigs, poultry, sheep and non-traditional slaughter species. The book ends with a chapter on mobile slaughter.

Document Types: Scientific work

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

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Restraint equipment, Human-animal relationships, Weaning, Transport

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