Document type : Scientific review

Vers une nouvelle approche du contrôle du bien-être animal : exemple du Règlement CE 1099/2009 sur la protection des animaux au moment de leur mise à mort. Veterinary thesis

Paul Jamey

Published in 2016

Examination of what Regulation EC 1099/2009 on slaughtering achieves in relation to previous texts. Concept of animal welfare regulations, self-monitoring. Sociological study. Analysis of the ANSES Opinion on the "Slaughter" Guide to Good Practice.

Document Types: Scientific review

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Protection animale : nouvelle gouvernance et perspectives européennes.

Jérome Languille and Agnès Fabre

Published in 2014

On the inclusion of animal welfare in French health governance procedures. The example of the Habilitation Sanitaire and the Mandat Sanitaire. Overview at EU and OIE levels.

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords: Livestock buildings, Societal issues, Housing, Human-animal relationships

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What Are the Positives? Exploring Positive Welfare Indicators in a Qualitative Interview Study with Livestock Farmers

Vigors B, Lawrence A

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

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Welfare of fishes in aquaculture

Segner, H., Reiser, S., Ruane, N., Rösch, R., Steinhagen, D. and Vehanen, T.

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

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Y a-t-il des alternatives à la castration chirurgicale des porcelets ?

A. PRUNIER, M. BONNEAU

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

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US Farm Animal Welfare: An Economic Perspective

Tonsor GT, Wolf CA

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

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Douleurs animales : les identifier, les comprendre, les limiter chez les animaux d’élevage

INRA

Published in 2009

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords: Consciousness, Pain

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Animal consciousness

Le Neindre P., Bernard E., Boissy A., Boivin X., Calendreau L., Delon N., Deputte B., Desmoulin-Canselier S., Dunier M., Faivre N., Giurfa M., Guichet J.L., Lansade L., Larrère R., Mormede P., Prunet P., Schaal B., Servière J., Terlouw C

Published in 2017

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords: Consciousness, Metacognition

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