Published in 2024
Enquête citoyenne de CIWF et Eurogroup for Animals sur l’attitude des citoyens européens à l’égard du poisson et de sa consommation, ainsi que ses connaissances concernant les pratiques d’élevage.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Housing, Stress
Published in 2024
Literature review on ostrich welfare using text mining and thematic analysis for 122 articles published between 1983 and 2023. The main topics identified were health and management, feeding, reproductive welfare, egg production and welfare during transport. Despite an increase in research since 1994, further studies are needed to better protect ostrich welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal Categories:Birds (excluding poultry)
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Living environment, Transport, Welfare indicators
Published in 2024
Scientific study identifying several welfare problems in five categories of stabled horses (western riding horses, riding school horses, leisure horses, show jumping horses and endurance horses). Leisure horses received less exercise, and a lack of social contact was observed in 28% of horses in this category.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Working animals, Welfare indicators, Housing, Animal mediation, Human-animal relationships, Behavioural disorders
Published in 2024
Scientific review exploring the influence of environmental stimuli on measurable behaviors in horses, focusing on facial expressions as indicators of emotion. It highlights the importance of understanding these expressions when assessing emotional states and welfare in horses, drawing on studies conducted in other mammals.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Brain integration, Fear, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2024
Scientific review examining the effects of light on pig welfare. The analysis examined 63 studies evaluating parameters such as daylight hours, light intensity and light spectrum. Although light influences aspects such as behavior, growth and hormone secretion, the conclusions that can be drawn are limited by contradictory results and a lack of data, particularly concerning the light spectrum.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Aggression, Aggressivity, Welfare indicators, Housing
Published in 2024
Scientific synthesis exploring the scientific basis of the most common approaches to determining minimum space allowances for growing pigs, and examining the various factors that influence and interact with their spatial needs and affective states.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, One Welfare, Resilience, Robustness, livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Summary article describing environmental stress and its negative impacts on rabbit welfare and productivity, causing disease and problem behavior. Environmental enrichment helps reduce this stress by meeting the natural behavioral needs of rabbits, thereby improving their welfare and performance.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Monogastric
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Aggression, Aggressiveness, Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Stress, Behavioural disorders
Published in 2024
Study revealing that cat owners do understand some of their cats' body postures, but with limited accuracy. Female graduates, aged 21 to 40, who spent 1 to 5 hours a day with their cats, were best able to understand the latters' body language. However,the study showed that having owned their cats for a long time and spent long periods of time together were not enough to ensure that owners correctly understood their cats' body language.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Felines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Education, Living environment, Personality, Fear, Human-animal relationships, Socialization, Stress, Behavioural disorders
Published in 2024
Article demonstrating that rats are not only able to feel fear, pain and anxiety, but are also capable of empathy. They show prosocial behaviors, helping fellow rats in distress, suggesting that they are capable of imagining the needs of others.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Rodents
Keywords:Learning, training, Consciousness, Memory, Cognitive processes
Published in 2024
Technical summary outlining the challenges involved in meeting public expectations and private sector specifications when installing winter gardens on standard broiler farms. These areas, recommended by the EFSA to improve animal welfare, offer advantages but also pose technical, economic and management challenges, particularly in terms of ventilation and investment costs.
Document Types: Technical review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Societal issues, Livestock farming system
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