Published in 2019
Discussion of factors and processes in aquaculture that may be critical to welfare, synthetic overview of issues for welfare assessment, accompanied by various recommendations
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Published in 2006
The review discusses alternatives to the surgical castration of male pigs, which protects consumers from strong smelling meat (boar taint) but which is carried out in some cases without anesthesia.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Mutilation, Carcass quality, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2019
This article briefly summarises on-farm animal welfare from an economic perspective, one of the most controversial and complex issues in modern agriculture, with a focus on the situation in the United States.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2019
Positive animal welfare is a relatively new concept that promotes the welfare benefits of providing animals with greater opportunities for positive experiences, as well as minimizing negative experiences. However, little is known about farmers' attitudes or knowledge regarding positive animal welfare. This is a major obstacle to the promotion of positive welfare indicators on farms, where their use may depend on their acceptance by farmers. In response, this study uses qualitative interviews to explore farmers' positive attitudes towards welfare. A fair number of elements that correspond to positive welfare indicators in the literature are encountered in farmers' positive discussions of welfare. These include animal autonomy, play, positive effects, positive Human-animal relationships, social interactions and appropriate genetic selection.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships, Housing, Stress, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
Published in 2009
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Consciousness, Pain
Published in 2017
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Consciousness, Metacognition
Published in 2013
Presentation of the 10 general principles relating to welfare in production systems adopted by the OIE for the development of standards
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Pain, Enrichment, Environment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment,Mutilation, Fear, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2001
Farmed ruminants belong to gregarious species. Their social organisation is based on stable dominance-subordination relationships which ensure the resolution of many conflicts that are inherent in the promiscuity among animals in livestock farming. Social organisation is also based on affinity relationships that ensure group cohesion and increase tolerance between animals in situations of conflict. Furthermore, affinity relationships are closely involved in the adaptation of the animal to its living environment, since partners will influence the animal's response to its surroundings. Thus, whether through the development of behaviours that are more respectful of the animals' social needs, or by the management of periods of social transition, the adaptation and welfare of farm animals will be considerably increased.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Ruminants
Keywords: Consciousness, Enrichment, Metacognition, Living environment, Cognitive processes
Published in 2002
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Intensive pig farming imposes constraints that can be detrimental to the welfare of the pig. In wild boar or domestic pigs in semi-natural conditions, the parturient female lives in a matriarchal group and builds a nest to conceal and protect the young. A bond is established between the sow and her piglets and the suckling period lasts a minimum of 10 to 12 weeks. .... The more premature the weaning, the greater the negative impacts on behavioural and zootechnical disturbances. Proper attention to the animal's welfare calls for precautionary measures to avoid placing the animal in a situation of fear or anxiety and to enable it to express the behaviour deemed normal for the species.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Maternity, Cognitive processes, Weaning, Vocalisation
Published in 2016
This e-learning module providing a concise summary of the scientific evidence that underpins EU legislation on pig enrichment and harvesting has been produced in seven languages, with the aim of improving consistency in professional judgements regarding legal compliance on farms. The mark profiles indicated that the roles of the participants had an impact on their scores but that the training led to overall improvement in: (i) their ability to identify enrichments which, due to their type or use by pigs, may be insufficient to ensure compliance; (ii) their knowledge of risk factors for tail biting; and (iii) their recognition of when tail docking occurs.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation
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