Discipline: Zootechnics

Incubation, hatchery practice and the welfare of layer hens

Greg Underwood,, Daniel Andrews, Tin Phung, Lauren E. Edwards

Published in 2021

Scientific review of the state of knowledge on management factors for chicks designed to ensure chick welfare and health.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal , Housing, Enrichment, Livestock buildings, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Effects of Ultraviolet Light Supplementation on Beijing Duck Production, Behavior, and Welfare

Gabrielle M. House, Eric B. Sobotik, Jill R. Nelson, Gregory S. Archer

Published in 2020

Study to determine the effects of supplementary UV light on Peking duck production parameters, eye development, stress and fear.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Enrichment, Living environment, Fear, Stress, Livestock farming system

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Sheep welfare during transport and slaughter in Bulgaria - Impact of welfare on slaughter carcass and meat quality: a review

Nıkolay Todorov Ivanov

Published in 2020

Preview: “This overview demonstrates that improper preslaughter handling deteriorates meat quality and increases stress levels in animals.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords: Societal issues, Carcass quality, Stress, Transport

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Le bien-être des poissons vu par la recherche et par la filière piscicole 

Gautier Riberolles

Published in 2020

Interview on fish welfare with the director of CIPA (French interprofessional committee on aquaculture products) conducted by a researcher in ethology at INRAE.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Stress, Breeding and rearing systems

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Shelter-seeking behavior of donkeys and horses in a temperate climate

Leanne Proops, Britta Osthaus, Nikki Bell, Sarah Long, Kristin Hayday, Faith Burden

Published in 2020

Preview: “Domestic donkeys descended from wild asses, adapted to the semi-arid climates of Africa, whereas domestic horses originate from more temperate areas of Eurasia. Despite this difference in evolutionary history, modern domestic equids can be found throughout the world, in a wide range of conditions, many of which are very different from their natural environments. [This study aims to explore] the protection from the elements that different equid species may require in the temperate climate of the UK.”

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Stress, Livestock farming system

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Effect of qualitative feed restriction in broiler breeder pullets on stress and clinical welfare indicators

Fernanda M. Tahamtani, Hengameh Moradi, Anja B. Riber

Published in 2020

Study of the effect of the qualitative feed restriction imposed by diffuse feeding on a series of welfare indicators on broiler farms at the end of the rearing period.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Enrichment, Welfare indicators

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Symposium review: Future of housing for dairy cattle

P. J. Galama, W. Ouweltjes, M. I. Endres, J. R. Sprecher, L. Leso, A. Kuipers, M. Klopčič

Published in 2020

Preview: “The aim of this review was to describe recent changes and expected developments in housing systems for dairy cows. These new developments should create an appropriate production environment for modern high-producing dairy cows and stimulate dairy farming-related developments in management, agro-technology, and equipment.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Enrichment use in finishing pigs and its relationship with damaging behaviours: Comparing three wood species and a rubber floor toy

Jen-Yun Chou, Rick B. D'Eath, Dale Andrew Sandercock, Keelin O'Driscoll

Published in 2020

Comparison of the effects of enrichment with three species of wood and a rubber floor toy in finishing pig farms, study of the relationship between toy use and harmful behaviours, and physiological and physical measures for stress and injury.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation

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Pig elimination behavior - A review

Heidi Mai-Lis Andersen, Anne Grete Kongsted, Malene Jakobsen

Published in 2020

Review of the elimination behaviours of pigs and their relationships with their on-farm environment, with the ultimate aim of encouraging pigs to dispose of their waste in dedicated areas. An environmental and animal welfare issue.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Societal issues, Environment, Housing, Living environment, Pollution

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The Potential for New Donkey Farming Systems to Supply the Growing Demand for Hides

Richard Bennett, Simone Pfuderer

Published in 2020

Study to explore the feasibility of establishing new donkey breeding systems to meet the growing demand for ejiao (a traditional Chinese medicine based on donkey hide) by modelling the  dynamics of donkey production systems.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system

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