Published in 2022
Scientific review of the idea that training can be considered to be a behavioural enrichment for animals. This view is based on 3 propositions: that training facilitates the use of enrichments; that it modifies social interactions and that it broadens behavioural repertoires.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Cognitive processes, Enrichment, Human-animal relationships,Learning, training
Published in 2022
Scientific review summarising current knowledge of the factors that may influence the sociality and sociability of domestic cats towards humans and other cats, focusing primarily on cats kept by humans in confined environments.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Felines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2022
Scientific review of ways to reduce the use of antibiotics in pig farming, especially for prophylactic purposes or to promote growth, while reducing the housing and husbandry stressors that can increase the vulnerability of animals to disease and decrease their quality of life.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Antibiotic resistance, Housing, Societal issues, Stress
Published in 2021
Review by EURCAW-Pigs recommending that inspections for piglets at slaughter should focus on animal-based welfare indicators, with particular attention to 4 issues: the appropriateness of the decision to slaughter the animals; the handling and movement of piglets towards the point of slaughter; the slaughter method, preferably using single-step procedures; and the post-mortem inspection of carcasses.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Consciousness, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2022
Article identifying trends in French society towards pets in the coming years. These include an increased focus on food quality and an increase in the average pet budget, and the development of pet insurance. The article predicts an increase in the number of cats and other non-canine pet species, and changes in the legal status of animals that will raise them above simple companion animals.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the advantages and disadvantages of different chicken production systems in terms of animal welfare, showing that all systems, even if they take animal welfare into account, affect the behaviour, health and productivity of the birds to different degrees.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Welfare indicators, Housing, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the various precision farming systems that can be used to manage the needs, health and monitoring of grazing livestock, allowing any threat to care plans or welfare to be quickly remedied.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the physiological reasons for the sensitivity of pigs to heat stress, current knowledge concerning genetics and the variability between pig breeds in terms of thermoregulation, phenotypes for use in genetic studies, and the needs of future research to improve heat tolerance in pigs.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Resilience, Robustness, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review reporting on animal welfare violations in the conservation environment and treatment of protected bird species, due to, among other things, lack of knowledge of the ethology of such species when in captivity, and the stress caused by the use of new technologies in their study. It calls for research to improve the living and study conditions of these birds.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Wildlife, Birds (excluding poultry)
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2021
Scientific review on the evaluation of stress epi-biomarkers in pigs and the potential benefits of research to develop a robust molecular tool for animal welfare certification based on epi-biomarkers.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Animal-based measures, Stress
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