Welfare implications of changes in production systems for laying hens
Published in 2006
Assessment of the welfare of laying hens in different production systems. Tool for assessing the welfare of hens.
Document Types: Scientific work
Discipline: Ethology
Guide to Good Practice - Controlling the welfare of cattle at slaughter
Published in 2014
This guide has three main objectives:
- To provide, whatever the size of the establishment, a reference tool for professionals intended to guarantee that the regulations currently in force for animal welfare from the time of unloading until they cease to bleed are followed.
- To put forward interpretations of the requirements that are implicit in the Regulations and to translate new scientific knowledge into good practice.
- To provide a methodological tool for animal welfare management by, on the one hand, making recommendations for management and design and, on the other hand, monitoring methods that can be carried out by operators and that allow each production unit to assess the effectiveness of the measures put in place to maximise animal welfare from the moment they are delivered to the moment they are killed.
An opinion published in the Journal officiel de la République Française on 3 April 2014 validated this guide to good practice for the welfare of cattle at the abattoir in its November 2013 version.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Risk management
Scientific Opinion on the assessment of dairy cow welfare in small-scale farming systems
Published in 2015
This Opinion examines the available information on risks to the welfare of dairy cows in small-scale farming systems in Europe, including the impacts of production diseases. A methodology for assessing welfare in these systems is proposed.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements
Evaluation du guide de bonnes pratiques d’abattage des bovins en matière de protection animale
Published in 2013
The Opinion assesses a draft guide and takes into account the available scientific data and practices in other European countries. It identifies scientific and/or regulatory issues and puts forward recommendations supported by scientific evidencefor possible improvements and enhancements to the guide . It also provides answers to a list of detailed questions from the DGAl on particular issues identified by the latter.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Consciousness, Pain, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Fear, Stress
AVMA Guidelines for the Humane Slaughter of Animals
Published in 2016
Description of the different methods of slaughter with recommendations concerning animal welfare
Document Types: Technical work
Keywords: Consciousness, Pain, Experimentation
Welfare Quality® assessment protocol for pigs
Published in 2009
This document sets out the indicators used to assess welfare in pig production (breeding sows, growing pigs), including the rearing and abattoir phases. The chosen indicators concern the resources available to the animal (housing, activities), measurements taken from the animal, and a qualitative evaluation. The document explains registration procedures, qualitative and frequency scoring methods and the aggregation of criteria from four of the five domains of welfare: nutrition, environment, health and appropriate behaviours.
Document Types: Technical work
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Livestock buildings, Pain, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Restraint equipment, Living environment, Mutilation, Fear, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Welfare Quality® assessment protocol for poultry
Published in 2009
The document sets out the indicators used to assess the welfare of poultry (broiler and laying hens), including the rearing and abattoir phases. The chosen indicators concern the resources available to the animal (housing, activities), measurements taken from the animal, and a qualitative evaluation. The document explains registration procedures, qualitative and frequency scoring methods, and the aggregation of criteria from four of the five domains of welfare: nutrition, environment, health and appropriate behaviours.
Document Types: Technical work
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Livestock buildings, Pain, Enrichment, Environment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Restraint equipment, Living environment, Mutilation, Fear, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Douleurs animales : les identifier, les comprendre, les limiter chez les animaux d’élevage
Published in 2009
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Consciousness, Pain
Animal consciousness
Published in 2017
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Consciousness, Metacognition
Ethical justifications for animal welfare concerns
Published in 2007
The article addresses the issue of moral concern for domestic animals and for animal welfare defined as freedom from mortality and morbidity, freedom from stress, and the animal's freedom to express the natural behaviour of its species. While the first two definitions can lead to a failure to consider the animal in all its aspects, the third has the advantage of achieving this, taking into account the needs and social behaviours of livestock.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Keywords: Consciousness, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
