Published in 2021
Scientific review revealing wide variations in the occurrence of abnormal behaviours in horses across studies, and identifying poor nutritional management as the main risk factor in the development of such abnormal behaviours.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Risk management, Stress, Psychiatric disorder
Published in 2021
A scientific review of alternative materials to wood shavings and sawdust for use as poultry litter, including corncobs, straw and hay, sand, shredded paper, rice husks, peanut shells and gypsum. Consideration is given to their cost, availability, capacity to absorb and adsorb moisture, and the extent to which they allow birds to express their natural behaviour.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Living environment
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the effect of music on the emotional state of animals. It recommends that available information on the sensory systems and behaviours of each species should be taken into account so that music can be selected in light of the desired emotional response from the animal, thereby improving its well-being.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review concerning the ethical aspects and quality of meat from animals undergoing conventional and ritual slaughter. The right to exercise one's religion is an inalienable right and animal welfare is an ethical issue, so it is essential that the assessment of ritual practices from an animal welfare perspective should be carried out in an objective and rigorous manner.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Goats, Sheep
Keywords:Consciousness, Carcass quality, Pain, Societal issues, Stress
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the levels of susceptibility to the Covid-19 virus of various animal species that have contact with humans. Dogs and pigs appear to have low susceptibility levels. Ferrets, mink, some hamster species, cats and non-human primates show high susceptibility levels.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Pathogen transfer
Published in 2021
Scientific review setting out to identify articles on risk factors and interventions associated with tail biting in pigs, along with data gaps in the literature.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Risk management, Societal issues, Mutilation, Pain
Published in 2021
A scientific review of the effects of stocking density for juvenile and adult zebrafish used in research on growth, reproduction, stress responses (including behaviour), water quality and disease outbreaks. It recommends that stocking density should be included in guidelines for housing and should be discussed in the materials and methods sections of papers where zebrafish are used.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Housing, Living environment, Stress
Published in 2021
A scientific review of recent advances in precision farming to measure animal-based welfare indicators for dairy cows which discusses the possibility of integrating such data into a broader welfare assessment framework.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
A scientific review of the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify and then assess emotions in livestock. These developments call for a multidisciplinary approach that combines affective computing, bioengineering and applied ethology to overcome both theoretical and practical obstacles.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Modelling
Published in 2021
A scientific review investigating the reasons why most domestic horses have unsatisfactory welfare levels despite being very close to humans. It identifies human subjectivity, human misinterpretation of signals sent by horses, and human desensitisation to welfare situations as the main contributing factors. It proposes the promotion of validated indicators to allow horse welfare to be assessed objectively.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
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