Published in 2023
Study on the welfare of the main fish species farmed in the European Union. It includes the state of knowledge of fish welfare and identifies gaps, the needs of fish, and farming methods that cause problems in fish welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Scientific article studying the impact of environmental enrichment on the cognitive abilities of rainbow trout as a model aquaculture species. Using an operant conditioning device, after an acquisition phase in which the fish learned to discriminate between two colors, they all successfully completed four inversion learning tasks, demonstrating the cognitive flexibility of rainbow trout. They all passed the generalization task. Fish raised in an enriched environment performed better in the acquisition phase and in inversion learning.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords: Learning, training, Enrichment, Memory, Cognitive processes
Published in 2023
Scientific review of transport and slaughter procedures in Europe since the European regulations on animal transport and welfare came into force in 2009. It identifies the factors affecting animal welfare during these two phases of a farmed animal's life.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on whether the government will support an end to cage farming as part of the revision of European regulations, and whether it intends to raise its ambitions at European level in order to play a leading role in promoting better animal welfare standards and improving European farming methods.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Living environment, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the government's intentions regarding the implementation of measures to combat the suffering of aquatic animals and the funding of a research program to reduce animal suffering in commercial fishing.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Molluscs, Fish
Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Scientific review providing a critical analysis of the main approaches to zoo animal welfare assessment and describing the most relevant animal-based welfare indicators for zoo animals, with a particular focus on behavioral and physiological indicators.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Stress
Published in 2023
Scientific review of different social management strategies in dairy calf rearing taking account of three animal welfare domains: biological functioning and animal health, affective states or cognitive judgment, and natural way of life. The main problems identified concern social housing with conspecifics, separation from the mother, and human-animal interactions. The authors stress the need to standardize good socialization practices for dairy calves.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Maternity, Human-animal relationships, Socialization, Stress
Published in 2023
Scientific article describing a safe, long-lasting method of contraception in female cats via the injection of an adenoviral vector, offering an interesting alternative to castration, that would facilitate better management of stray cat populations and avoid euthanasia in shelters.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Felines
Keywords:Castration, Societal issues, Population management, Human-animal relationships, Sterilization
Published in 2023
Scientific review of alternative piglet management strategies to reduce weaning stress. These include the pre-weaning grouping of piglets from different litters and intermittent suckling. Their effects on post-weaning pig behavior, performance, mortality, gastrointestinal function and immunocompetence are described.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Aggression, Aggressivity, Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Housing, Weaning, Stress
Published in 2023
Fact sheet describing commercially-available "welfare-friendly" stunning and slaughtering equipment for some of the most common farmed species in aquaculture, explaining how the equipment works, emphasizing the importance of proper calibration, and of its context of use.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress
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