Document type : Technical paper

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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Precision livestock farming – Blueprint: When technology improves on-farm piglet welfare monitoring

Samaneh Azarpajouh, Julia Calderón Díaz, Hossein Taheri

Published in 2020

Article listing digital systems for assessing the welfare of lactating piglets.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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Largeurs de couloir, surfaces d’aires paillées et longueurs d’auge : les recommandations

Idele

Published in 2020

Recommendations for the housing of ewes and lambs to meet their welfare needs.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords: Livestock buildings, Housing

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GroupHouseNet: four years of EU-wide collaboration on tail docking solutions

Irene Camerlink, Kristine Hov-Martinsen, Torunn Aasmundstad, Andrew Janczak and Bas Rodenburg

Published in 2020

Activity Review of the European COST programme "GroupHouseNet", aimed at reducing the incidence of harmful behaviour in animals kept in groups by refining genetic selection methods and developing breeding innovations to improve living conditions at the beginning and end of the animal's life.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines, Poultry

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

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Bien-être : Les indispensables du paddock

Léa Lansade

Published in 2020

This article written by an expert ethologist discusses the conclusions of recent scientific studies on the preferences of horses for paddocks or boxes that can be incorporated into the daily routines of horse owners.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Environment, Housing, Living environment

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Préparation au vêlage : peut mieux faire !

Bernard Griffoul

Published in 2020

Article on how to prepare cows for calving

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Risk management, Prenatal issues, Livestock farming system

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De l’eau en permanence pour tous les porcs

Pig success

Published in 2020

Report from a farmer who feeds his pigs soup and has installed pipettes to allow on-demand watering. 

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Livestock farming system

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Smart farming: the future of technology is already here

Pig 333

Published in 2020

Article on the various digital systems to facilitate pig breeding

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Precision farming, Livestock farming system

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Un bloc naissage de 230 truies qui associe bien-être et biosécurité

Pig success

Published in 2020

Description of a new farrowing block, including project design, cost, and animal welfare and health benefits

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Livestock buildings, Environment, Lactation, Housing, Maternity, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Being sustainable doesn’t equate to a free pass on animal welfare

The Poultry Site

Published in 2020

Discussion of the link between sustainable farming and respect for animal welfare standards in poultry farming

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Poultry

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

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