Document type : Scientific review

Cattle lameness detection with accelerometers

N.W.O'Leary, D.T.Byrne, A.H.O'Connor, L.Shalloo

Published in 2020

Preview: “Locomotion scoring is time consuming and is not commonly completed on farms. Farmers also underestimate their herds' lameness prevalence, a knowledge gap that impedes lameness management. Automation of lameness detection could address this knowledge gap and facilitate improved lameness management. The literature pertinent to adding lameness detection to accelerometers is reviewed in this paper.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Modelling, Livestock farming system

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Etat des lieux de la douleur associée à la mise à mort des bovins sans étourdissement

Cécile Bourguet, Noémie Devriendt, Claudia Terlow, Gautier Riberolles

Published in 2020

Inventory of the sources of stress and pain associated with the stunning and killing of cattle in France, with and without stunning.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Brain integration, Cognitive processes

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Review: Assessing fish welfare in research and aquaculture, with a focus on European directives

M. Toni, A. Manciocco, E. Angiulli, E. Alleva, C. Cioni, S. Malavasi

Published in 2018

Literature review on issues related to the welfare of teleost fish in aquaculture and research. It addresses the practical factors to take into account when assessing fish welfare, rearing and care, behavioural requirements and current regulations.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Pain, Experimentation, Welfare indicators, Fear, Evolutionary processes, Livestock farming system

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Biomarkers of fitness and welfare in dairy animals: healthy living

André M. de Almeida, Maya Zachut, Lorenzo E. Hernández-Castellano, Marcela Šperanda, Gianfranco Gabai Ali Mobasheri

Published in 2019

Review of major advances in the development of physiological welfare biomarkers to monitor animal responses to, and recovery from, environmental disturbances in dairy cows and small ruminants.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system

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Invited review: Compost-bedded pack barns for dairy cows

Leso L, Barbari M, Lopes MA, Damasceno FA, Galama P, Taraba JL, Kuipers A

Published in 2020

Review of current scientific knowledge on the use of composted bedding as a cow housing system. Goals: to determine whether this improves animal welfare and to provide a comprehensive tool for producers and researchers who use this housing system.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Livestock buildings, Enrichment, Environment, Housing, Livestock farming system

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Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain in Working Equines

Roy RC and Dharmaceelan S

Published in 2020

This review compares several behavioural assessment tools to quantify chronic pain in equines, with the aim of developing one that can be used specifically for working horses and donkeys.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Resilience

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Discipline-Based Education Research for Animal Welfare Science

Jill R. D. MacKay

Published in 2020

Literature review on animal-welfare teaching in higher education (UK) and recommendations for its improvement.

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords: Societal issues

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On-Farm Livestock Genome Editing Using Cutting Edge Reproductive Technologies

Gus R. McFarlane, Hamish A. Salvesen, Anna Sternberg, Simon G. Lillico

Published in 2019

Critical review of the 3 leading genome-editing technologies that could be used for livestock.

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues

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Review: Feeding conserved forage to horses: recent advances and recommendations

P. A. Harris, A. D. Elli2, M. J. Fradinho, A. Jansson, V. Julliand, N. Luthersson, A. S. Santos and I. Vervuert

Published in 2016

This review brings together all the recommendations informed by recent science on the use of fodder for horses. It covers the different types of fodder, conservation methods, hygiene levels, feeding behaviour, composition, digestion and digestibility and the effects of these on health and performance.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Livestock farming system

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Cognition and learning in horses (Equus caballus): What we know and why we should ask more

moreLauren Brubaker∗, Monique A.R. Udell

Published in 2016

Horses (Equus caballus) have a rich history of relationships with humans. Across different cultures and eras, they have been used for work, entertainment, cultural rituals, food, therapy and companionship and they continue to fulfil many of these roles today. As horses are one of the most commonly trained domestic animals, understanding how they learn and how their relationship with humans and other horses impacts their ability to learn can influence their welfare, training, breeding and management. Since, unlike dogs and cats, domesticated horses evolved from prey animals, the horse-human relationship raises interesting and unique scientific theoretical questions. There is still much to learn about the cognition and behaviour of horses from a scientific perspective. This review explores current research in three related areas of horse cognition: human-horse interactions, social learning, and independent learning in horses. Research on these topics is summarised and suggestions for future research are provided.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Learning, training, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships

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