Published in 2023
Scientific review examining the specific needs of ruminants and equines, the enrichments studied in the scientific literature and their impact on welfare, knowledge gaps and recommendations for inspections.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Equines, Ruminants
Keywords:Enrichment, welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Livestock systems
Published in 2023
Scientific paper on the problem-solving abilities of 13 ungulate species. Using a foraging task, it tests whether individual factors (neophobia, social integration, sex, age, status) and socio-ecological factors (dietary range, fission-fusion dynamics, domestication, group size) are predictors of participation and performance in the task.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Ruminants
Keywords:Learning, Brain integration, Cognitive processes
Published in 2022
Report of the 2022 meeting which dealt with the revision of the European animal welfare regulations, the associated EFSA opinions with a presentation of those published in 2022 and a progress report on those in progress, and with the work of the expert subgroup for animal welfare and the subgroup on national contact points.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Bovines, Porcines, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Consciousness, Enrichment, Risk management, Living environment, Human-animal relationship, Stress, Livestock system, Transportation, Pain
Published in 2022
Scientific review analyzing how narrative discourse and the presentation of arguments contribute to the social construction of representations of farm animal welfare in the scientific community. The authors examine the scientific literature and analyse it according to 5 narrative points of view. Depending on the point of view, the reasons given for why farmed animals should lead decent lives are different.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues
Published in 2021
Article showing that Swiss consumers did not change their purchasing behaviour to support better animal welfare during the pandemic.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Article setting out the main findings of the German government's 2021 report on nutrition in Germany. German citizens are eating less meat and taking greater account of the welfare of farm animals.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Environment, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2006
Assessment of the welfare of laying hens in different production systems. Tool for assessing the welfare of hens.
Document Types: Scientific work
Published in 2001
Farmed ruminants belong to gregarious species. Their social organisation is based on stable dominance-subordination relationships which ensure the resolution of many conflicts that are inherent in the promiscuity among animals in livestock farming. Social organisation is also based on affinity relationships that ensure group cohesion and increase tolerance between animals in situations of conflict. Furthermore, affinity relationships are closely involved in the adaptation of the animal to its living environment, since partners will influence the animal's response to its surroundings. Thus, whether through the development of behaviours that are more respectful of the animals' social needs, or by the management of periods of social transition, the adaptation and welfare of farm animals will be considerably increased.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Ruminants
Keywords: Consciousness, Enrichment, Metacognition, Living environment, Cognitive processes
Published in 2004
Animal welfare is today an unavoidable part of the political, economic and social landscape of animal production, found in regulations, technical standards, ethical requirements, economic injunctions, etc. This book, through the selection of over a hundred separately authored texts accompanied by commentaries, provides the necessary tools to understand and analyse the origins of the issue of animal welfare, the stakes involved, and possible ways to solve the problems raised. The originality of this book lies in the fact that it selects a group of authors with contrasting opinions, but also in the fact that it draws on a wide range of disciplines: zootechnics, psychology, sociology, philosophy, ethology, history, economics, etc. Organised in four parts, it deals with the history of animal husbandry, sets out the scientific issues relating to welfare and the question of working animals, examines the living conditions of working animals and, last, considers the question of sustainable animal husbandry.
Document Types: Scientific work
Animal categories: Monogastrics, Ruminants
Keywords: Societal issues, Breeding and rearing systems
Published in 2018
Researchers, experts and members of the European Commission and the French Ministry of Agriculture provide an array of answers to key questions: what scientific definition should be given to animal welfare? On what criteria should it be assessed? What national or international rights do respondents take into account? Which animals are involved? What are the obstacles to ensuring the welfare of animals? The answers provided here will strengthen the next steps towards new regulatory provisions.
Document Types: Scientific work
Animal categories: Monogastrics, Ruminants
Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Breeding and rearing systems
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