Published in 2017
Scientific review of the different forms of cognitive enrichment that have been tested for laboratory, farm and zoo animals. It identifies research needs and proposes new indicators for testing.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Wild animals, Sheep, Pigs, Rodents, Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Living environment
Published in 2023
Scientific review of the effect of heat stress on the behavior of lactating cows housed in composted bedding barns. It revealed that the most commonly used indicator of thermal comfort is the temperature and humidity index; that thermal stress increases drinking, moving, agonistic behaviors and dyspnea, and decreases feeding behaviors and lying time.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Housing, Stress
Published in 2022
Scientific paper testing the effectiveness of an automated device for performing cognitive tests in domestic fowl: a simple test, a serial instruction reversal learning task; and a more complex test, and a delayed sample matching task. The results reveal the behavioral flexibility and conceptual understanding of domesticated hens. They also demonstrate the value of using automated devices to improve our knowledge of farm animal cognition.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements
Published in 2022
A scientific review of dogs' abilities to respond to and make functional use of emotional information from human expressions. It discusses the extent to which dogs can read human emotions.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Canine
Published in 2023
Scientific review on insect cognition, focusing on the hypothesis that there is such a thing as a "social brain", i.e. cognitive capacities specific to social species. Most of the research on cognition in insects is done on highly social species, so it is not possible to make comparisons with less social species. It would therefore be necessary to develop specific research programs to address this issue.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Insects
Keywords:Cognitive processes, Evolutionary processes
Published in 2022
A scientific paper to determine the effects of weather and paddock soil conditions on the lying, feeding and rumination behavior of dairy cows kept in the open during winter. The authors show that in bad weather or muddy soil conditions, resting periods were shortened or even non-existent. They suggest that previous rainfall events and the presence of surface water should be used as indicators that resting times, and hence the welfare of outdoor dairy cows, may be negatively impacted.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Living environment, Resilience
Published in 2023
DG SANTE audit report concluding that, despite numerous checks on livestock transport carried out by the Spanish authorities, as implemented, these official controls made it impossible to either verify or confirm compliance with welfare requirements for the transport of unweaned calves over long distances.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport
Published in 2023
Article addressing welfare issues for insects in light of increases in insect farming and consumption, their potential as an alternative source of protein for human and animal food, and their cognitive and sensory abilities suggested by the scientific data.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Insects
Keywords: Pain, Societal issues
Published in 2022
Two-yearly update of the NCC broiler welfare guidelines including key welfare indicators (including foot pad health, gait, reduction of leg and wing injuries), with a focus on bird behaviour, objective measures and welfare outcomes, enhanced training programs for proper handling of birds, and an improved audit tool.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Scientific paper testing whether AWIN, scan sampling for behavioural observations, and surveys are effective methods to assess four categories of behavioral indicators for poor welfare: stereotypies, aggression toward humans, lack of responsiveness to the environment, and hypervigilance. It concludes that the 3 methods are complementary and should be used together to properly assess these four categories of indicators.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators
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