Published in 2021
A scientific review of the neural circuitry of the avian hypothalamus associated with thermoregulation, food intake and stress response and how these systems may interact during heat exposure.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Birds (excluding poultry), Poultry
Keywords: Brain integration, Stress
Published in 2021
Article describing the history of how an experimental mobile abattoir system was developed by Emilie Jeannin in the Côte-d'Or.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Stress
Published in 2021
Scientific review presenting the results of a multi-year study on the capacity of perches containing a cooling circuit to reduce heat stress in laying hens. It demonstrates the effectiveness of this cooling system when combined with an enrichment element in reducing body heat and heat stress in laying hens.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Enrichment, Housing, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
A scientific review of the use of data-based variables to detect animal welfare violations on farms, highlighting the fact that some of these variables are related to animal-based welfare measures. It recommends that the variables should be harmonised in light of the data they use, and that preference should be given to those that reflect the multidimensional nature of animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific article demonstrating that it is possible to improve some welfare conditions of fattening pigs in conventional farming through simple measures such as reducing stocking density and providing straw or hay as enrichment material.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Enrichment, Living environment, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review of policies on animal health showing that they combine what are sometimes contradictory goals of public health, agricultural economics, international trade and animal welfare, and that this subject is now treated as a biosecurity matter and a global public good, with the emergence of the One Health concept.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords:Societal issues, Risk management, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Report on the EFSA Animal Health and Animal Welfare (AHAW) Network meeting on an exercise using animal-based measures at slaughter to assess the welfare of pigs on farm. The goal was to evaluate these measures and their ease of use, and to identify which were to be preferred. It resulted in a list of recommended animal-based measures for use in abattoirs.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
A scientific review of the role of veterinarians in addressing animal welfare. While the veterinary profession initially considered welfare from the perspective of health and nutrition, it is now considering it in a more holistic way, taking into account the animal's feelings and perceptions of its environment. Much is expected of the veterinary profession, which is ideally placed to improve the consideration taken of animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the state of knowledge relating specifically to the welfare conditions immediately before slaughter of Italian heavy pigs, which are used for AOP products and therefore kept longer than is the average in other countries, a practice that generates particular physiological and behavioural needs.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Press release presenting the results of the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into the protection of animals during transport. The committee recognised that EU rules on the protection of animals during transport are not always respected and that the welfare needs of animals during transport are not always met. It recommends limiting and better monitoring the export of live animals, developing meat-and-carcass transport and banning the transport of very young animals.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport
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