Document type : Scientific article

Facial expressions of emotion states and their neuronal correlates in mice

Nejc Dolensek, Daniel A. Gehrlach, Alexandra S. Klein, Nadine Gogolla

Published in 2020

Preview: “The investigation of emotions is hindered by a lack of rapid and precise readouts of emotion states in model organisms. Dolensek et al. identified facial expressions as innate and sensitive reflections of the internal emotion state in mice.”

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Rodents

Keywords: Welfare indicators

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Evaluation of pain and stress in three-week old piglets in relation to route of vaccine administration

Annalisa Scollo, Serena Minervini, Maria Costanza Galli, Alberto Cevidalli, Giacomo Bortoletto, Giusy Romano, Flaviana Gottardo

Published in 2020

Evaluation of the behavioural and physiological responses of piglets during vaccine administration, comparing intramuscular injection using a needle and intradermal injection without a needle.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system

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Effects of Maternal Stress on Measures of Anxiety and Fearfulness in Different Strains of Laying Hens

Mariana R. L.V. Peixoto, Niel A. Karrow, Amy Newman, Tina M. Widowski

Published in 2020

Study of the effects of maternal stress on the behaviour of different strains of laying hens and of the role of corticosterone as a mediator

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Anxiety, Maternity, Stress

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Prioritization of Farm Animal Welfare Issues Using Expert Consensus

Fiona C. Rioja-Lang, Melanie Connor, Heather J. Bacon, Alistair B. Lawrence, Cathy M. Dwyer

Published in 2020

Collection of expert opinions on the most urgent welfare issues for British farmed livestock

Document Types: Scientific paper

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords: Societal issues, Risk management

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Project #F075: Cage-free Housing: Northern Fowl Mite Impact on Laying Hens, and Project #701: Laying Hen Ectoparasites: Impact of Salmonella Typhimurium, Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Kentucky Contamination in Cage-Free Housing

Dr Darrin Karcher

Published in 2020

Evaluation of the horizontal transmission of infection and the invasion of internal organs following experimental infection by S. Enteritidis and S. Kentucky of laying hens in cage-free indoor housing, and examination of the role and impact of poultry liponysses on the performance, welfare and egg safety of laying hens in a cage-free environment.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Housing, Living environment

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Vocal individuality of Holstein-Friesian cattle is maintained across putatively positive and negative farming contexts.

Alexandra Green, Cameron Clark, Livio Favaro, Sabrina Lomax, David Reby

Published in 2020

Study to ascertain whether livestock are better able to maintain their individuality when communicating with other members of a familiar group than in other agricultural contexts with positive or negative values.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Welfare indicators, Stress, Livestock farming system, Vocalisation

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ACCEPT - Acceptability of livestock farming to French society: mapping of controversies, collective mobilisation and future directions

Roguet C., Delanoue E., Dockès A.-C., Magdelaine P., van Tilbeurgh V., Grannec M.-L.

Published in 2020

Data on controversies surrounding livestock systems and practices, quantification of the reach of debates within the French population and typology of the French public's views

Document Types: Scientific paper

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Automated prediction of mastitis infection patterns in dairy herds using machine learning

Robert M. Hyde, Peter M. Down, Andrew J. Bradley, James E. Breen, Chris Hudson, Katharine A. Leach, Martin J. Green

Published in 2020

Preview : “An accurate, automated mastitis diagnosis tool has great potential to aid non-specialist veterinary clinicians to make a rapid herd level diagnosis and promptly implement appropriate control measures for an extremely damaging disease [mastitis] in terms of animal health, productivity, welfare and antimicrobial use.”

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Risk management, Modelling, Livestock farming system

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Medical Conditions that could Contribute to the Incidence of Transport-Related Problem Behaviours in Equids

Tom Ahern

Published in 2020

Preview: “There had been a number of studies into the various types and incidence of transport-related problem behaviours in equids.[…] What had not been investigated was the possibility that certain medical conditions could contribute to the incidence of these problem behaviours. The impact of medical conditions involving neuropathic pain and others where a history of upper airways instability was evident were discussed.”

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords : Human-animal relationships, Transport

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Free movement: A key for welfare improvement in sport horses?

Clémence Lesimple, Lola Reverchon-Billota, Patrick Galloux, Mathilde Stomp, Laetitia Boichot, Caroline Coste, Séverine Henry, Martine Hausberger

Published in 2020

Assessment of the feasibility of allowing sport horses accustomed to remaining permanently in their boxes to spend daily free time in a paddock and assessing the potential impact on their welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Welfare indicators, Housing, Human-animal relationships

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