Document type : Scientific review

Impact of Estrogens Present in Environment on Health and Welfare of Animals

Konrad Wojnarowski, Paweł Podobiński, Paulina Cholewińska, Jakub Smoliński, Karolina Dorobisz

Published in 2021

Scientific review of the harmful effects of oestrogens on animal health and welfare (feminisation, reproductive disorders, physiological disturbances, disruption of programmed cell death, development of tumours). It concludes that there is a lack of scientific data on animals as compared to humans.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Mammals

Keywords:Environment, Livestock farming system

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Ethics and Human-Animal Relations: Review Essay

A. Peterson

Published in 2021

Review of five recent books (from 2021) dealing with the ethical dimensions of human-animal relationships.

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Leg health of meat chickens: impact on welfare, consumer behaviour, and the role of environmental enrichment

V. Phibbs, P. J. Groves, W. I. Muir

Published in 2021

A scientific review of animal welfare and consumer attitudes to broiler welfare. Leg disorders, techniques for assessing leg health, and possibilities for enriching the birds' environment to improve their mobility and leg health are described.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Pain, Enrichment, Welfare indicators

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Invited review: The welfare of dairy cattle housed in tiestalls compared to less-restrictive housing types: A systematic review

Annabelle Beaver, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk

Published in 2021

Systematic review of the scientific literature on the comparison of welfare indicators, including emotional status, natural behaviour and health of tethered and loose-housed cows. It shows differences in the prevalence of some diseases between the two types of housing and changes to some natural behaviours in tethered housing. There is insufficient data on the emotional state of the animals.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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Welfare of pigs being handled, stunned and bled in the slaughterhouse

EURCAW-Pigs

Published in 2021

Presentation of the EURCAW-Pigs report on the welfare of pigs in abattoirs, providing the regulatory background and focusing on the animal-based indicators and areas of intervention that should be incorporated in veterinary inspections.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Carcass quality, Stress

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Invited review: The welfare of young calves transported by road

Natalie Roadknight, Peter Mansell, Ellen Jongman, Natalie Courtman, Andrew Fisher

Published in 2021

Threats to animal welfare during transport, listing the specific risk factors and proposing measures to ensure better welfare.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Welfare indicators, Fear, Stress, Transport

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Enhancing the Selection and Performance of Working Dogs

Emily E. Bray, Cynthia M. Otto, Monique A. R. Udell, Nathaniel J. Hal5, Angie M. Johnston, Evan L. MacLean

Published in 2021

Scientific review of the various factors involved in selecting working dogs in light of the nature of their intended work to achieve the best match and improve their welfare. The process should include selection tests based on discriminatory criteria and measures to improve the breeding, reproduction and training of dogs.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Learning, training, Herding dogs, Welfare indicators, Psychiatric disorder

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De la protection animale au bien-être animal : analyse historique et juridique de l’émergence du terme bien-être animal

Agnès Fabre

Published in 2021

A review tracing the history of the change in language use from 'animal protection' to 'animal welfare' in French and European legislation.

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords: Societal issues

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A Retrospective Literature Evaluation of the Integration of Stress Physiology Indices, Animal Welfare and Climate Change Assessment of Livestock

Edward Narayan, Michelle Barreto, Georgia-Constantina Hantzopoulou, Alan Tilbrook

Published in 2021

Scientific review of articles dealing with 4 topics, both alone and in combination: animal welfare, the physiology of stress, impacts on climate change, and production in livestock farming. It concludes that, although all these areas are strongly represented in the literature, there is a lack of studies examining their interactions and their impacts on livestock production.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Environment,Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress

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A Systematic Review on Validated Precision Livestock Farming Technologies for Pig Production and Its Potential to Assess Animal Welfare

Yaneth Gómez, Anna H. Stygar, Iris J. M. M. Boumans, Eddie A. M. Bokkers, Lene J. Pedersen, Jarkko K. Niemi, Matti Pastell, Xavier Manteca, Pol Llonch

Published in 2021

A systematic review of the scientific literature on precision breeding technologies that can be used in pig production to assess welfare. It identifies numerous types of system  but many of these have yet still to be approved and none has the capacity to assess an animal's emotional state. 

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system

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