Published in 2021
Scientific review summarising and analysing the main uses of smart sensors, big data and deep learning for the behavioural recognition and health monitoring of farm animals, with a focus on bovine lameness.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
A scientific review of the long-term phenotypic consequences of painful neonatal procedures in rodents, whose response to pain, fear and anxiety stimuli is initially reduced and then becomes exacerbated with age. These procedures result in cognitive, social and reproductive deficits, which can be transmitted to offspring. The implications for the long-term welfare of farm animals following early painful procedures are discussed.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Rodents
Keywords:Pain, Memory, Fear, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2021
Scientific review on the benefits of combining ergonomics with applied ethology to study the links between animal welfare and the welfare of the livestock farmer. It proposes a new way of looking at the human-animal relationship in animal husbandry taking core concepts from both disciplines.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review showing that facial expressions are an essential element in maintaining good social interactions between dogs and humans, and that they provide information about a dog's emotions and pain perception that can be used in pain management by veterinarians.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
A scientific review of the neural circuitry of the avian hypothalamus associated with thermoregulation, food intake and stress response and how these systems may interact during heat exposure.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Birds (excluding poultry), Poultry
Keywords: Brain integration, Stress
Published in 2021
Scientific review presenting the results of a multi-year study on the capacity of perches containing a cooling circuit to reduce heat stress in laying hens. It demonstrates the effectiveness of this cooling system when combined with an enrichment element in reducing body heat and heat stress in laying hens.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Enrichment, Housing, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
A scientific review examining the effects of housing systems on pig behaviour and performance. Free-range housing solves the behavioural problems encountered for pigs raised indoors, but is associated with a more frequent occurrence of injuries and of some elbow and hock lesions.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Housing, Livestock farming system,Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Systematic review of the scientific literature showing that the effect on overall welfare of environmental enrichment for farmed fish depends mainly on the type of enrichment, the taxon of the fish, and the welfare category.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Enrichment, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
A scientific review of the use of data-based variables to detect animal welfare violations on farms, highlighting the fact that some of these variables are related to animal-based welfare measures. It recommends that the variables should be harmonised in light of the data they use, and that preference should be given to those that reflect the multidimensional nature of animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review of policies on animal health showing that they combine what are sometimes contradictory goals of public health, agricultural economics, international trade and animal welfare, and that this subject is now treated as a biosecurity matter and a global public good, with the emergence of the One Health concept.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords:Societal issues, Risk management, Human-animal relationships
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