Published in 2021
A scientific review reporting on behavioural changes in dairy cows exposed to heat stress conditions and discussing herd management strategies to mitigate the consequences of excessive temperatures on animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific paper to determine the percentage of pregnant cows and heifers slaughtered in a medium-sized Austrian slaughterhouse. The observed prevalences are much higher than estimated (6.4% as against an estimated 2.5%). The article recommends that measures should be taken to avoid sending pregnant cows to slaughter for ethical and public health reasons.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Societal issues, Stress
Published in 2021
A scientific paper assessing the welfare of calves in the holding areas of abattoirs in New Zealand, using group and individual animal-based indicators. It proposes relevant indicators, recommending that they should be systematically incorporated into the protocols used to assess the welfare of calves at slaughter.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Consciousness, Fear, Stress
Published in 2021
A scientific review of invasive and non-invasive fish-welfare assessment methods, with a focus on their practical application in aquaculture. New technologies are helping to improve the accuracy, automation and practical applicability of these methods.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Article reviewing the ban on the crushing of male chicks that will come in on 1 January 2022 in France, and describing the in ovo sexing method that is advocated as an alternative by the French Government. However, this method entails a significant financial cost for breeders, that will partly be covered by the State.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
A scientific paper to determine the influence of temperature and air enthalpy variations in live pig transport vehicles using welfare indicators. It shows that such variations are greater in winter, and are associated with higher cortisol and lower blood glucose levels in pigs, both indicators of heat stress.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Welfare indicators, Stress, Transport
Published in 2021
Scientific paper providing information on the space requirements of finishing bulls to ensure their welfare. It focuses on the space occupied when motionless in the standing and lying positions and concludes that further studies are needed to take into account the space requirements of bulls to allow movement and social interactions.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Livestock buildings, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific paper examining whether the tail position of pigs in a pen can be a predictive indicator for the occurrence of tail biting, taking into account the social structure of the group of penned pigs.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Modelling, Mutilation, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Scientific paper comparing the influence of two ventilation systems (natural and mechanical) on the behaviour and welfare of fattening pigs. It concludes that the mechanical system is associated with a more positive emotional state in the pigs, but that in both systems high temperatures are associated with heat stress, and that the welfare state of the animals decreases during the last phases of fattening.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Livestock buildings, Stress
Published in 2021
Scientific paper presenting and testing computational fluid dynamics models under 4 different sets of ventilation conditions to simulate airflow in cage-free chicken houses. The transition to cage-free rearing calls for changes to environmental conditions to ensure the best quality of animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Livestock buildings, Living environment, Stress
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