Review on environmental enrichments for farmed rabbits
Published in 2025
Summary of the different types of environmental enrichment used for domestic rabbits.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Monogastric
Discipline: Ethology
A systematic review of the effect of individual characteristics and management practices on equine cognition
Published in 2025
Review summarizing current knowledge on equine cognition, stressing the broad range of cognitive abilities investigated and the strong influence of contextual factors (breed, age, sex and management conditions) on performance.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
The exploration of consciousness in insects
Published in 2025
Scientific summary compiling evidence that supports the likelihood that insects possess some form of subjective experience.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Insects
BeBoP : Evaluer le bien-être des taurillons : des indicateurs revus pour gagner en faisabilité sans perdre en fiabilité
Published in 2025
A study validating 14 welfare indicators for young bull calves. They are generally reliable and can be used routinely despite certain lmitations on direct observations. To help overcome the latter, a video-based Deep Learning tool has performed promisingly, automating behavioral measurements and enhancing their reliability.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Focusing on biological stimuli: a new framework for environmental enrichment in aquaculture and fisheries fields
Published in 2026
Scientific synthesis on environmental enrichment for captive fish. Enrichment enhances fish adaptability and welfare, but its development is hampered by methodological and conceptual limitations. The authors propose new theoretical and practical frameworks to strengthen scientific rigor and guide the design of multisensory enrichment, particularly biotic enrichment, in aquaculture.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Study of the effects of on-farm hatching on the welfare and performance of fast-growing chickens
Published in 2024
Scientific study on hatching on the farm. This strategy appears to improve chick start-up (higher initial weight, less aggressive pecking) without significantly altering performance, mortality, or overall welfare compared to hatchery hatching.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Gas bubble venting: A novel behavioral indicator of stress in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Published in 2025
Identification of new behavioral indicators for stress in Atlantic salmon, notably bubble emission, which is a visible and sensitive marker that correlates to social aggression. This marker is more responsive than cortisol and could enable the automated detection of stress. improving welfare monitoring in aquaculture.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Fish
Behavioural adaptations of livestock to environmental stressors: implications for welfare and productivity
Published in 2025
Synthetic article analyzing behavioral adaptations associated with environmental stressors in livestock and emphasizing the importance of assessment tools and targeted management strategies for the improvement of animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Pig welfare in scientific literature from 1991 to 2024: A text mining approach
Published in 2026
Systematic review of 1,331 articles (1991-2024) using text mining techniques to identify seven major research Subjects on pig welfare. It reveals a rapid expansion in scientific outputs dominated by Europe and highlights key topics such as tail docking, transport and weaning.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
The road to reform: in support of a strong revision of animal transport rules
Published in 2025
Guidance note on reforming European regulations on the transport of live animals
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Fish, Porcines, Poultry
