Published in 2021
A scientific review reporting on behavioural changes in dairy cows exposed to heat stress conditions and discussing herd management strategies to mitigate the consequences of excessive temperatures on animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific article on whether dogs are able to distinguish between situations where a human intentionally withholds a reward and those where the lack of reward is unintentional, resulting either from a mistake or a physical obstacle that prevents the reward being given. The results show that dogs clearly distinguish between intentional and unintentional behaviour.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords:Learning, training, Consciousness, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific paper providing information on the space requirements of finishing bulls to ensure their welfare. It focuses on the space occupied when motionless in the standing and lying positions and concludes that further studies are needed to take into account the space requirements of bulls to allow movement and social interactions.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Livestock buildings, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific paper examining whether the tail position of pigs in a pen can be a predictive indicator for the occurrence of tail biting, taking into account the social structure of the group of penned pigs.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Modelling, Mutilation, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Scientific paper comparing the influence of two ventilation systems (natural and mechanical) on the behaviour and welfare of fattening pigs. It concludes that the mechanical system is associated with a more positive emotional state in the pigs, but that in both systems high temperatures are associated with heat stress, and that the welfare state of the animals decreases during the last phases of fattening.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Livestock buildings, Stress
Published in 2021
A scientific review of the state of the art of 3D imaging systems and 2D cameras as an efficient means to identify pig behaviour. It describes automated methods for the monitoring and study of feeding, watering, lying, locomotion, aggression and reproductive behaviour in pigs.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Stress
Published in 2021
Scientific paper describing research to discover appropriate criteria to predict the potential suitability of a horse for animal-assisted services. It shows that sociability indicators and most temperament indicators of experienced AAS horses do not differ from those of novice AAS horses. However, during brushing, novice horses showed more affiliative behaviour towards their handler than experienced ones.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords: Modelling, Human-animal relationships,Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Scientific paper on work to assess the effects of heat stress on the behaviour of dairy cows using activity sensors to record 6 different behaviours, ambient temperature and humidity. It shows that raised temperatures and a higher heat index lead to an increase in general activity, changes in feeding habits and a decrease in rumination and resting behaviours, all of which are detrimental to animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Stress
Published in 2021
Scientific paper showing that the provision of environmental enrichment for kenneled police dogs has a stress-reducing effect (reduced levels of cortisol metabolites in the stool) and that access to a grassed area reduces the frequency of stereotypic behaviours in dogs with strong stereotypical tendencies.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
A scientific paper investigating the mobility and lying behaviours of ewes housed indoors or reared on grass using video recordings. It shows that 1 min video samples can reliably predict ewe lying behaviours and that there are links between breeding characteristics (ewe age, single or double gestation, body condition index, lambing ease etc) and measured lying behaviours (average daily lying time, average duration of lying episodes etc).
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Ovines
Keywords:Precision farming, Housing, Modelling, Welfare indicators
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