Document type : Scientific article

Investigating risk factors behind piglet facial and sow teat lesions through a literature review and a survey on teeth reduction

Jen-Yun Chou, Jeremy N. Marchant, Elena Nalon, Thuy T. T. Huynh, Heleen A. van de Weerd, Laura A. Boyle, Sarah H. Ison

Published in 2022

Scientific article identifying 6 named categories and one general category of risk factors for lesions on the faces of piglets and on sow teats when no piglet teeth resection has been carried out.They are: presence or absence of teeth resection; housing system; litter size; piglet management; environmental enrichment; milk production; and other piglet management practices.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Pain, Enrichment, Lactation, Housing, Stress

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Elevage des chevrettes sous les mères : description et retour des éleveurs sur la pratique

Marianne Berthelot

Published in 2022

Report on the results of a telephone survey of 40 goat farmers who raise replacement female kids with their mothers. The perceived benefits are gains in time and ease of work, a better mother-daughter bond, better growth and health in the kids, improved welfare for the does as well as for the kids, and personal satisfaction for the farmer. However, the kids are found to be more shy, and the practice has somewhat negative economic and health impacts.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Caprines

Keywords:Lactation, Maternity

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Recognising trade-offs between welfare and environmental outcomes in aquaculture will enable good decisions

Georgia Macaulay, Luke T. Barrett, Tim Dempster

Published in 2022

Opinion piece examining 5 case studies in the aquaculture sector to arrive at a view on how best to reconcile environmental protection and animal-welfare objectives in practice.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Environment, Living environment, Livestock farming system,Societal issues

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Individual behavioral correlates of tail biting in pre-finishing piglets

Marc Bagaria, Laura Kuiper, Ellen Meijer, Elisabeth H. M. Sterck

Published in 2022

Scientific paper showing that tail lesions are present in 2/3 of a group of pre-finishing piglets, that they are usually minor and that the majority of piglets both bite and are bitten. The piglets that bite most are those with the highest levels of exploratory behaviour.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Stress

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Age, empathy, familiarity, domestication and call features enhance human perception of animal emotion expressions

Jasmin Sowerby Greenall , Lydia Cornu , Anne-Laure Maigrot , Monica Padilla de la Torre,Elodie F. Briefer

Published in 2022

Scientific article reporting on the results of an online survey testing the ability of humans to perceive levels of emotional arousal and distinguish between positive/negative emotions (valence) conveyed by the vocalisations of six species of wild and domestic ungulates. Respondents were better at assessing arousal levels, with less variations between individual species, than at identifying valence.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords : Human-animal relationships

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Methods used by Canadian dairy farmers for on-farm euthanasia and the emotions associated with the decision and the practice of euthanasia

J. Denis-Robichaud, M. Rousseau, M. Denicourt, M. Villettaz-Robichaud, A.-M. Lamothe, L. DesCôteaux

Published in 2022

Scientific article describing the on-farm slaughtering practices of Canadian dairy farmers and assessing their associated emotions. The main method was shooting with a gun (>70%). Farmers mentioned uother small companion animalsceptable slaughter methods and few farmers used decision trees or had received on-farm slaughter training.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Stress

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Occurrence and reasons for on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in Norway

Gíslína Skúladóttir, Ingrid Hunter-Holmøy, Clare Joan Phythian, Guro Myhrene, Adam Dunstan Martin

Published in 2022

Scientific article identifying the main reasons for emergency on-farm slaughter of cattle in Norway based on data from four slaughterhouses, in 2018. These were locomotive problems (46%), recumbent cows (23%), vaginal prolapse and dystocia (17%).

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Stress

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Feeding time in horses provided roughage in different combinations of haynets and on the stable floor

Hanna Lundqvist, Cecilia Elisabeth Müller

Published in 2022

Scientific article testing different feeding methods for horses in order to increase the time spent seeking food and feeding. It finds that the addition of straw to the feed, regardless of the feeding method, will achieve this goal.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment

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Development of human-directed behavior in dairy calves reared individually or in pairs

S.B. Doyle, E.E. Lindner, K.N. Gingerich, E.K. Miller-Cushon

Published in 2022

Scientific paper showing the persistent effects of the social housing of early life dairy calves (singly or in pairs) on human-directed behaviours, a phenomenon that may have implications for long-term management.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Human-animal relationships

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Is animal welfare better on smaller dairy farms? Evidence from 3,085 dairy farms in Germany

T. Lindena, S. Hess

Published in 2022

Scientific paper calculating an animal welfare index (AWI) of German dairy farms and comparing the results by size. It finds that the Ianimal welfare is slightly higher on larger farms, contrary to popular belief. However, the variation in the Ianimal welfare within classes is very high, and other factors would seem to affect the Ianimal welfare such as the skill level of the farm manager, and the time farmers spend with their animals.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

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

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