Discipline: Ethology

Enrichment use in finishing pigs and its relationship with damaging behaviours: Comparing three wood species and a rubber floor toy

Jen-Yun Chou, Rick B. D'Eath, Dale Andrew Sandercock, Keelin O'Driscoll

Published in 2020

Comparison of the effects of enrichment with three species of wood and a rubber floor toy in finishing pig farms, study of the relationship between toy use and harmful behaviours, and physiological and physical measures for stress and injury.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation

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Pig elimination behavior - A review

Heidi Mai-Lis Andersen, Anne Grete Kongsted, Malene Jakobsen

Published in 2020

Review of the elimination behaviours of pigs and their relationships with their on-farm environment, with the ultimate aim of encouraging pigs to dispose of their waste in dedicated areas. An environmental and animal welfare issue.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Societal issues, Environment, Housing, Living environment, Pollution

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Effect of diet on non-nutritive oral behavior performance in cattle: A systematic review

Emily E. Ridge, Margaret J. Foster, Courtney L. Daigle

Published in 2020

Preview: “Oral stereotypies are often performed by cattle as a behavioral coping mechanism. Non-nutritive oral behaviors in cattle may be caused by limited access to roughage. Non-nutritive oral behaviors may be a behavioral signal of a welfare concern in cattle, but may also be a useful behavioral proxy for rumen status.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Anxiety, Enrichment, Stress, Psychiatric disorder

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How Are Information Technologies Addressing Broiler Welfare? A Systematic Review Based on the Welfare Quality® Assessment

Heitor Vieira Rios, Paulo Dabdab Waquil, Patrícia Soster de Carvalho, Tomas Norton

Published in 2020

Preview: “The question posed for the review was “which ITs are related to welfare and how do they monitor this for broilers?”. The Welfare Quality® (WQ) protocol for broiler assessment was utilized as a framework to analyse suitable articles. A total of 57 studies were reviewed wherein all principles of broiler welfare were addressed.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

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

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Horse Transport to Three South American Horse Slaughterhouses: A Descriptive Study

Béke Nivelle, Liesbeth Vermeulen, Sanne Van Beirendonck, Jos Van Thielen, Bert Driessen

Published in 2020

Study to investigate the circumstances of the commercial transport of horses for slaughter and to detect possible risk factors for the welfare of horses.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Risk management, Welfare indicators, Stress, Transport

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Identification of separation-related problems in domestic cats: A questionnaire survey

Daiana de Souza Machado, Paula Mazza Barbosa Oliveira, Juliana Clemente Machado, Maria Camila Ceballos, Aline Cristina Sant'Anna

Published in 2020

Preview: “Identifying and preventing the occurrence of separation-related problems (SRP) in companion animals are relevant to animal welfare and the quality of human-pet interactions. The SRP are defined as a set of behaviors and physiological signs displayed by the animal when separated from its attachment person. In cats, SRP has been insufficiently studied. Thus, the objective of this study was to develop a questionnaire for cat owners which identifies behaviors that may indicate SRP, as well as relates the occurrence of SRP to the management practices applied in the sampled cats.”

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Felines

Keywords: Anxiety, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Psychiatric disorder

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Precision livestock farming - Blueprint: When technology improves on-farm piglet welfare monitoring

Samaneh Azarpajouh, Julia Calderón Díaz, Hossein Taheri

Published in 2020

Article listing digital systems for assessing the welfare of lactating piglets.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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Automated Step Detection in Inertial Measurement Unit Data From Turkeys

Aniek Bouwman, Anatolii Savchuk, Abouzar Abbaspourghomi, Bram Visser

Published in 2020

Comparison of three methods of detecting locomotive behaviours in turkeys based on data captured by inertial (digital) measurement systems.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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Female horses spontaneously identify a photograph of their keeper, last seen six months previously

Léa Lansade, Violaine Colson, Céline Parias, Miléna Trösch, Fabrice Reigner, Ludovic Calandreau

Published in 2020

Study to test whether horses can differentiate between the faces of familiar humans based on photographs.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Brain integration, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships

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Vocal individuality of Holstein-Friesian cattle is maintained across putatively positive and negative farming contexts.

Alexandra Green, Cameron Clark, Livio Favaro, Sabrina Lomax, David Reby

Published in 2020

Study to ascertain whether livestock are better able to maintain their individuality when communicating with other members of a familiar group than in other agricultural contexts with positive or negative values.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Welfare indicators, Stress, Livestock farming system, Vocalisation

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