Document type : Scientific article

Housing and Environmental Enrichment of the Domestic Ferret: A Multi-Sector Survey

Alice M. M. Dancer, María Díez-León, Jennifer K. Bizley,d Charlotte C. Burn

Published in 2022

Scientific article reporting the results of an international online survey on types of ferret housing and environmental enrichment, including respondents' opinions on their suitability and safety.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing

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Effect of Providing Environmental Enrichment into Aviary House on the Welfare of Laying Hens

Jiseon Son, Woo-Do Lee, Hee-Jin Kim, Bo-Seok Kang, Hwan-Ku Kang

Published in 2022

Scientific paper showing that enriching the environment of laying hens by providing pumice stone or alfalfa hay reduces stress and improves production, but does not reduce pecking behaviours.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

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

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Purchasing Habits, Sustainability Perceptions, and Welfare Concerns of Italian Consumers Regarding Rabbit Meat

Stefania Crovato, Anna Pinto, Guido Di Martino, Giulia Mascarello , Valentina Rizzoli, Silvia Marcolin, Licia Ravarotto

Published in 2022

Scientific paper to determine consumer perceptions of rabbit meat in order to promote this sector to Italian consumers. Provision of information on the limited use of antibiotics and the absence of animal suffering are the two main motivating  factors for purchasers. Cage farming is not looked on favourably.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Keywords:Antibiotic resistance, Pain, Societal issues, Housing

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Ancestry-inclusive dog genomics challenges popular breed stereotypes

Kathleen Morrill, Jessica Hekman, Xue Li, Jesse McClure, Brittney Logan, Linda Goodman, Mingshi Gao, Yinan Dong, Marjie Alonso, Elena Carmichael, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Jacob Alonso, Hyun Ji Noh, Jeremy Johnson, Michele Koltookian, Charlie Lieu, Kate Megquier, Ross Swofford, Jason Turner-Maier White, Zhiping Weng, Andrés Colubri, Diane P. Genereux , Kathryn A. Lord, Elinor K. Karlsson

Published in 2022

A scientific paper proving that human selection for dog breeds has fixed their morphological characteristics but that, contrary to the generally accepted view, there are no breed-specific behavioural characteristics.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords : Human-animal relationships

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Slaughtering of heifers in a local or an industrial abattoir: Animal welfare and meat quality consequences

Pablo Guarnido-López, Virginia Celia Resconi, María del Mar Campo, Ana Guerrero, Gustavo Adolfo María, José Luis Olleta

Published in 2022

Scientific paper comparing animal stress responses and meat quality in a small local abattoir and in an industrial abattoir. Values for several stress indicators were lower in the animals treated in the local abattoir, and the appearance and organoleptic qualities of the local abattoir meat were superior.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress

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Evaluation of Two Injection Techniques in Combination with the Local Anesthetics Lidocaine and Mepivacaine for Piglets Undergoing Surgical Castration

Julia Werner, Anna M. Saller, Judith Reiser, Steffanie Senf, Pauline Deffner, Nora Abendschön, Johannes Fischer, Andrea Grott, Regina Miller, Yury Zablotski, Katja Steiger, Shana Bergmann, Michael H. Erhard, Mathias Ritzmann, Susanne Zöls, Christine Baumgartner

Published in 2022

Scientific paper comparing the relative effects on heart rate, mean arterial pressure, pain movements and physiological stress markers of two injection techniques, involving 1 or 2 stages, for lidocaine or mepivacaine during the castration of piglets.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Key words:Pain, Mutilation, Stress

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Positive Effects of Elevated Platforms and Straw Bales on the Welfare of Fast-Growing Broiler Chickens Reared at Two Different Stocking Densities

Frédérique Mocz, Virginie Michel, Mathilde Janvrot, Jean-Philippe Moysan, Alassane Keita, Anja B. Riber, Maryse Guinebretière

Published in 2022

Scientific paper to evaluate the welfare benefits of raised beds and straw bales for fast-growing broilers as a function of stocking density. It confirms that environmental enrichment improves welfare at all stocking densities, and that reducing stocking density is a powerful lever for improving welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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Risk factors associated with the welfare of grazing dairy cows in spring-calving, hybrid pasture-based systems

R.E. Crossley, E.A.M. Bokkers, N. Browne, K. Sugrue, E. Kennedy, B. Engel, M. Conneely

Published in 2022

Scientific paper identifying 14 risk factors associated with one or more welfare indicators during the grazing season on hybrid dairy farms. Many of the risk factors were related to the period spent indoors, suggesting that the potential effects of housing management on welfare persist into the grazing period.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Risk management, Housing, Breeding and Rearing systems, Welfare indicators

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Exploration of early social behaviors and social styles in relation to individual characteristics in suckling piglets

C. Clouard, R. Resmond, A. Prunier, C. Tallet, E. Merlot

Published in 2022

Scientific paper identifying social nosing as the major social interaction and identifying three early social styles in suckling piglets: low-solicited iother small companion animalstive animals, mostly females, active animals, mostly males, and highly-solicited avoiders.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Cognitive process

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Cichlids and stingrays can add and subtract 'one' in the number space from one to five

V. Schluessel, N. Kreuter, I. M. Gosemann, E. Schmidt

Published in 2022

Scientific paper proving that stingrays and cichlids are capable of learning to add and subtract, confirming that, at the least, the common ancestor of vertebrates could carry out these two operations.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Cognitive processes,Learning, Evolutionary processes, Human-animal relationships

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