Published in 2022
A scientific paper proving that human selection for dog breeds has fixed their morphological characteristics but that, contrary to the generally accepted view, there are no breed-specific behavioural characteristics.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords : Human-animal relationships
Published in 2020
White paper compiling the published scientific evidence on violations of broiler-chicken welfare in intensive farming in the EU and the UK.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the physiological reasons for the sensitivity of pigs to heat stress, current knowledge concerning genetics and the variability between pig breeds in terms of thermoregulation, phenotypes for use in genetic studies, and the needs of future research to improve heat tolerance in pigs.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Resilience, Robustness, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2015
Expert report proposing that the State should concentrate on legal requirements and outlining a partnership project where all stakeholders would shape the canine and feline sectors' use of genetics, putting science at the heart of selection policies.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Canines, Felines
Keywords:Societal issues, Risk management, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Psychiatric disorders
Published in 2021
Scientific paper comparing the production indicators of several strains of broilers, with a view to finding strains with sufficient growth to be profitable and presenting fewer risks to animal welfare than do fast-growing conventional strains.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Carcass quality, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
News item presenting the results of scientific work commissioned by the Global Animal Partnership to understand and measure the welfare levels of broiler chickens. This work has resulted in a list of breeds that have high genetic welfare levels and are therefore recommended for welfare-friendly breeding.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Report describing genome editing techniques, and critically analysing their potential use for livestock. It makes recommendations, in particular the need for a full scientific review of the literature before changing the UK regulations in this area and for a dialogue between scientists and the public on these issues.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Resilience, Robustness, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the various factors involved in selecting working dogs in light of the nature of their intended work to achieve the best match and improve their welfare. The process should include selection tests based on discriminatory criteria and measures to improve the breeding, reproduction and training of dogs.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Learning, training, Herding dogs, Welfare indicators, Psychiatric disorder
Published in 2021
Article reporting the opinions of Brazilian citizens on the new genome editing techniques. Acceptance is low and depends on the objectives: it is higher when the intention is to improve animal welfare than when the goal is to increase muscle mass, the benefits of the former appearing to be shared equally by animals, breeders, manufacturers and consumers.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Societal issues
Published in 2021
Scientific paper investigating criteria for genetic selection of nesting behaviours suitable for cage-free systems for two laying hen bloodlines. It suggests that two effective potential criteria would be number of eggs laid and laying characteristics.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Enrichment, Livestock farming system
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