Discipline: Veterinary

Etude sanitaire de l’élevage canin et félin et contrôle de socialisation du chien

Alain Fontbonne

Published in 2000

Report on the health aspects of animal protection on puppy farms and cat breeding establishments, and on the monitoring of how dogs are socialised, produced at the request of the French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in preparation for the drafting of regulatory documents on legal enforcement procedures with regard to dangerous and stray animals and animal protection

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators

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Code rural et de la pêche maritime – Partie législative : Livre II, Titre Ier, Chapitre IV, Section 2 sur les dispositions relatives aux animaux de compagnie

French Government

Published in 1976

Dispositions relatives à la protection des animaux de compagnie

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets

Keywords:Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators

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Arrêté du 25 octobre 1982 relatif à l’élevage, à la garde et à la détention des animaux, Annexes

French Government

Published in 2000

Réglementation protection animale des animaux présentés en concours, expositions et lieux de vente d’animaux

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Living environment, Fear, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Arrêté du 3 avril 2014 fixant les règles sanitaires et de protection animale auxquelles doivent satisfaire les activités liées aux animaux de compagnie d’espèces domestiques relevant des articles L. 214-6-1, L. 214-6-2 et L. 214-6-3 du code rural et de la pêche maritime

French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2014

Order laying down the animal health and protection rules that must be met in activities involving companion animals from domestic species

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators

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Final report of an audit of France from 25 January 2021 to 5 February 2021 in order to evaluate controls of animal welfare at slaughter and during related operations

DG SANTE

Published in 2021

DG SANTE audit report carried out in France in early 2021, revealing that the effectiveness of official controls in French abattoirs has been significantly improved, as the result of the strengthening of operators' self-monitoring and inspectors' training in particular, but identifying 3 previous recommendations not yet taken into account, and adding two new ones.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Consciousness, Carcass quality, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress

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The use of animal-based measures at slaughter for assessing the welfare of calves on farm: EFSA's AHAW Network exercise - 2021

EFSA

Published in 2021

Report on the Animal Health and Welfare Network meeting which produced a list of the animal-based measures used in abattoirs that are most relevant for the on-farm monitoring of the welfare of calves.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Carcass quality, Welfare indicators

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Intelligent Perception-Based Cattle Lameness Detection and Behaviour Recognition: A Review

Yongliang Qiao, He Kong, Cameron Clark, Sabrina Lomax, Daobilige Su, Stuart Eiffert, Salah Sukkarieh

Published in 2021

Scientific review summarising and analysing the main uses of smart sensors, big data and deep learning for  the behavioural recognition and health monitoring of farm animals, with a focus on bovine lameness.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

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

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Early Life Painful Procedures: Long-Term Consequences and Implications for Farm Animal Welfare

Sarah J. J. Adcock

Published in 2021

A scientific review of the long-term phenotypic consequences of painful neonatal procedures in rodents, whose response to pain, fear and anxiety stimuli is initially reduced and then becomes exacerbated with age. These procedures result in cognitive, social and reproductive deficits, which can be transmitted to offspring. The implications for the long-term welfare of farm animals following early painful procedures are discussed.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Cattle, Rodents

Keywords:Pain, Memory, Fear, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Current Advances in Assessment of Dog's Emotions, Facial Expressions, and Their Use for Clinical Recognition of Pain

Daniel Mota-Rojas, Míriam Marcet-Rius, Asahi Ogi, Ismael Hernández-Ávalos, Chiara Mariti, Julio Martínez-Burnes, Patricia Mora-Medina, Alejandro Casas, Adriana Domínguez, Brenda Reyes, Angelo Gazzano

Published in 2021

Scientific review showing that facial expressions are an essential element in maintaining good social interactions between dogs and humans, and that they provide information about a dog's emotions and pain perception that can be used in pain management by veterinarians.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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