Published in 2021
Editorial of a special issue of the Equine Veterinary Journal devoted to donkey health and welfare. It looks at pharmacology, diagnosis, disease prevalence and management practices for donkeys.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords: Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific paper investigating the impact of pig housing conditions on the incidence of tail lesions. It shows that keeping piglets in their farrowing pen during the lactation period significantly reduces the incidence of tail lesions and mortality in full-tailed pigs.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Pain, Housing, Stress
Published in 2021
Technical article highlighting the importance of ethology in improving pig production. A better understanding of sow ethology can improve animal welfare, management, reproductive efficiency and, therefore, the profitability of the farm. The veterinarian has a new social and educational role to play in improving the welfare of sows and piglets. Staff also need to be trained in ethology, which will enable them to predict the behavioural profile of sows before the first farrowing, improve selection and reduce restraints on animal movement.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Lactation, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
A scientific review of the animal welfare challenges faced by Australian extensive livestock farming and the improvements already in place to improve animal welfare: the development of standards and guidelines for improved farm animal welfare; improved consideration of welfare in the transport of live animals; better pain management for potentially painful routine livestock practices; and more monitoring and consideration of welfare on farms.
Document Types: Scientific review
Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Transport
Published in 2021
Scientific paper examining the impact of an institutional partnership set up in Ethiopia to improve livestock husbandry practices and health. It shows that access to health services for small ruminants increased sampling, yield per head of sheep/goats and gross income per animal.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Goats, Sheep
Keywords: Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific paper investigating the stress responses of horses used in veterinary teaching practice. The indicators measured included heart rate and behavioural indicators suggestive of stress. Limited physiological and behavioural stress responses were observed, suggesting that the horses in question might become accustomed to being handled and being in a teaching environment.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Scientific review describing two promising systems for the automatic recognition of facial expressions of pain in horses. The first is based on a manual classification system that involves machine learning. The second is based on recurrent neural network learning.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific article proposing and testing a scale for acute pain in donkeys during castration. The proposed scale is both reliable and valid.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Scientific paper describing the facial expressions of healthy, pain-free horses before and during transport and social isolation, both of which are potentially stressful management procedures. The following facial features were observed in both cases: increased eye white, dilated nostrils, elevated upper eyelid, elevated inner forehead, exposed tongue, increased ear movements and blinking frequency. Some of these stress markers are already used as indicators of pain.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Welfare indicators, Stress, Transport
Published in 2021
Scientific review of issues that affect the treatment and management of laminitis in donkeys compared to horses, highlighting the differences in use, behaviour and anatomy that call for a different approach.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Pain, Stress, Livestock farming system
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