Published in 2025
Guide published by the Spanish aquaculture industry, describing the good practices to ensure rainbow trout welfare. It proposes specific indicators appropriate to each farming phase, while emphasizing the importance of training, sustainability and a stronger legal framework.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Fish
Published in 2024
Veterinary thesis report setting out to design a practical guide to assist veterinarians during emergency slaughter. A need for training was identified among students and practitioners. The guide pulls together the regulatory, technical and economic information required for effective intervention in the field.
Document Types: Scientific work
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Published in 2025
Study on the application of the Italian no-kill policy to domestic dogs, based on data from the Muratella shelter in Rome for the periods 2012-2016 and 2018-2022. Despite a high adoption rate, the significant number of dogs remaining in shelters for life raises important ethical issues.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories:Canine
Published in 2025
Question from an Assembly member to the French government on overcrowding in shelters and the rise in animal abandonment. The French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty lists the animal protection measures it is bringing into force through a dedicated plan. The plan aims to prevent abandonment, improve the management of stray animals and increase penalties for non-compliance, while bringing funding streams and interministerial cooperation to bear.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Published in 2025
Scientific article testing Qualitative Behavioral Assessment (QBA) as a means to measure the emotional states of dairy cows on pasture, assessing its reliability and ability to distinguish between different emotional contexts. The results show that QBA is able to identify variations in emotion and arousal, although there is room for improvement in inter-observer reliability.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Published in 2025
Technical article proposing an in-depth assessment of cattle welfare in INRAE's experimental units to supplement regular monitoring, based on Welfare Quality® protocols. This approach includes assessment by external agents followed by an advice phase in which improvements can be identified that are tailored to different types of cattle and farming contexts.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Published in 2025
Scientific article showing that Spanish pig farmers's consider the risks associated with the non-docking of tails to be greater than do Swiss pig farmers, in terms of the consequences for both animal welfare and production. The article recommends improved communication with farmers to change their negative beliefs and encourage them to stop tail docking.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Published in 2022
Specifications for the Bœuf de pâturage label, guaranteeing high welfare standards and quality meat.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal trade, Risk management, Identification, Housing, Transport
Published in 2015
Updated Guide to Good Practice: Welfare at Slaughter, which provides advice on how to improve the treatment of animals at slaughter, complementing UK and EU legislation. The guide is intended for food industry professionals.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Education, Euthanasia
Published in 2025
Scientific article investigating whether use of a pain scale based on facial expression is an objective and reliable method of assessing dental pain in horses. It concludes that tools designed to identify acute pain lack reliability if used to assess chronic pain, such as dental pain. A more dental-specific ethogram is needed to accurately identify dental pain in horses.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Behavioural disorders
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