Keyword : Pain

Stop culling male layer-type chick: an overview of the alternatives and public perspective

Francesca Coppola, Gisella Paci, Matteo Profeti, Simone Mancini

Published in 2023

Scientific study summarizing available literature sources on alternatives to the male chick culling method and the public's view of these approaches. In ovo sex determination appears to be the main potential alternative method to the culling of male chicks, and the one preferred by consumers, especially if carried out during the first days of incubation.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Euthanasia, Prenatal, Breeding system

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°12294 : Castration à vif et claquage des porcelets

Question: Béatrice Roullaud (Rassemblement National - Seine-et-Marne). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty.

Published in 2024

Answer from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to a question on the total ban on live castration and piglet slapping, a technique that consists of killing young animals deemed too weak by beating them against a wall.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Castration, Carcass quality, Euthanasia, Pain, Mistreatment, Mutilation, Sterilization

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Pain Mitigation Strategies for Disbudding in Goat Kids

Preet Singh, Dinakaran Venkatachalam, Kavitha Kongara, Paul Chambers

Published in 2024

Scientific synthesis of pain-reduction strategies for kids during disbudding on the farm. The authors conclude that current best practice for reducing pain during disbudding would be sedation/analgesia with an alpha-2 agonist, placement of a two-point cornual nerve block, followed by an NSAID for postoperative pain.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Caprines

Keywords: Pain, Mutilation

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A Multidimensional Evaluation of the Factors in the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG) That Are Associated with, and Predictive of, Behaviour Disorders in Dogs

Rachel Malkani, Sharmini Paramasivam, Sarah Wolfensohn

Published in 2024

Scientific article aimed at evaluating the predictive factors of behavior problems in dogs using the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG) in order to better understand the factors that influence their well-being. The study shows that aggression towards the caregiver, frequency of fear and anxiety episodes are predictive factors for behavioral problems.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Aggression, Aggressiveness, Animal-based measurement, Anxiety, Pain, Well-being indicator, Personality, Human-animal relationship, Behavioural disorders

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Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behaviour in bumblebees

Matilda Gibbons, Elisa Pasquini, Amelia Kowalewska, Eva Read, Sam Gibson, Andrew Crump, Cwyn Solvi, Elisabetta Versace, Lars Chittka

Published in 2024

Scientific article on behavioral responses in bumblebees to noxious stimulation (application of heat), reporting that bumblebees directed their grooming more frequently towards a noxiously stimulated site, thus demonstrating that they feel pain.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Insects

Keywords:Pain

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The Industry Benchmark on Decapod Crustacean Welfare

Crustacean Compassion

Published in 2024

Snapshot 2023 report which ranks the UK's leading seafood retailers, producers, processors and wholesalers according to the welfare standards they apply to decapod crustaceans.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Arthropods

Key words:Animal trade, Pain, Mutilation

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A new approach and insights on modelling the impact of production diseases on dairy cow welfare

F. Edwardes, M. van der Voort, T.B. Rodenburg, H. Hogeveen

Published in 2023

Scientific article developing a method that uses information from experts to quantify the perceived impact of sub-optimal mobility on the welfare of dairy cows. The wider objective is to quantify the impact of health disorders on animal welfare, and to detect and treat these disorders as early as possible in order to improve animal welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Pain, Living environment, Modeling, Human-animal relationship

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Pain Assessment in Goat Kids: Focus on Disbudding

Kavitha Kongara, Preet Singh, Dinakaran Venkatachalam, John Paul Chambers

Published in 2023

Scientific review of pain assessment in kids after disbudding, using physiological and behavioral measures

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Caprines

Keywords:Animal adaptation to environment, Pain, Societal issues, Mutilations, Human-animal relationship, Stress

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Wanted dead or alive: ethics and animal welfare in food choice

Alessandro Di Marzio, Elza Birbele, Rebeka Šķērstiņa

Published in 2023

Scientific article presenting the results of a survey conducted among participants at the European Zoo Nutrition Conference 2023 concerning the feeding of zoo animals using live animals. Their practices and ethical opinions were collected.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Wildlife

Key word:Pain, Societal issues, One Welfare

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Animal Welfare Committee: opinion on alternatives to culling newly hatched chicks in the egg and poultry industry

Animal Welfare Committtee (UK)

Published in 2023

Report on technologies with the potential to help end the culling of newly hatched male chicks. It identifies the possible risks to welfare posed by their use, and puts forward alternative  ideas and views on the matter.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Poultry

Key words:Consciousness, Pain, Euthanasia, Well-being indicator, Societal issues, Stress

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