Keyword : Pain

WSAVA Animal Welfare Guidelines

Shane Ryan, Heather Bacon, Nienke Endenburg, Susan Hazel, Rod Jouppi, Natasha Lee, Kersti Seksel, Gregg Takashima

Published in 2021

Guidelines to help veterinarians working with pets to understand the latest scientific concepts and data on animal welfare, including ethical issues, in order to better manage animal welfare issues and better communicate with and advise pet owners

Document Types: Guides to Good Practice

Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Animal Welfare Policies and Human Rights in the Context of Slaughter Procedures

Giancarlo Bozzo, Roberta Barrasso, Davide Ferorelli, Vito Gassi, Roberto Russo, Francesco Emanuele Celentano

Published in 2021

Article assessing ritual slaughter practices from a legal perspective, taking into account both wider human rights and animal welfare policies

Document Types: Scientific paper

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

Keywords:Awareness, Pain, Societal issues

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Virtual fencing technology to intensively graze lactating dairy cattle. II: Effects on cow welfare and behavior

Megan Verdon, Adam Langworthy, Richard Rawnsley

Published in 2021

Scientific paper comparing the behaviour and stress parameters of dairy cows on pasture with either an electric fence or a virtual fence. No difference was found in the first days, but the cows with virtual fencing displayed less activity and higher cortisol levels in milk after a few days.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Learning, Pain, Welfare indicators, Stress, Breeding and rearing system

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Final report of an audit of Belgium from 12 october 2020 to 16 october 2020 in order to evaluate controls of animal welfare at slaughter and during related operations

DG SANTE

Published in 2021

DG SANTE audit report on Belgium highlighting that little progress has been made by the Belgian competent authorities since the previous audit in 2014 on the assessment of the effectiveness of official controls on commercial operators when killing animals in abattoirs.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords: Consciousness, Pain

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How can the research on chicken cognition improve chicken welfare: a perspective review

V. H. B. Ferreira, V. Guesdon, L. Calandreau

Published in 2021

A review of the science linking cognition and welfare in chickens, focusing on three common welfare problems in chicken farms: unequal use of space, pecking, and unfulfilled behavioural and physiological needs.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Pain, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Welfare indicators

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Lameness in Beef Cattle: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Survey of On-Farm Practices and Approaches

Jay Tunstall, Karin Mueller, Dai Grove-White, Joanne W. H. Oultram, Helen Mary Higgins

Published in 2021

Scientific article studying the views and breeding practices of British cattle farmers in terms of the identification and management of lameness, and highlighting a pressing need for training to improve these two aspects of livestock farming.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Pain, Human-animal relationships, Breeding and rearing, Welfare indicators

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Impact of paper bedding on lying behaviour and welfare in lactating dairy cows

Helena F.M.Sobte, Stephanie Buijs

Published in 2021

Scientific paper comparing the effects of paper- and sawdust-based bedding on the welfare of lactating dairy cows, looking specifically at lying behaviour, activity, lameness, skin lesions, cleanliness and productivity and finding no significant difference between the two bedding types.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Housing, Breeding and rearing, Pain, Welfare indicators

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Specificities of the evaluation of consciousness and unconsciousness according to slaughter method

Claudia Terlouw, Barbara Ducreux and Cécile Bourguet

Published in 2021

Review article on the proper assessment of indicators of consciousness and unconsciousness: moment at which the assessment is carried out, interpretation of the assessment, particular areas for vigilance depending on the assessment method used.

Document Types: Scientific review

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

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Brain integration, Cognitive processes, Stress

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RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme Standard - Dairy Calves

RSPCA Australia

Published in 2021

A document outlining Australia's new RSPCA standards for the welfare of dairy calves. The main elements are: improving the fulfilment of the behavioural needs of calves, provision of sufficient quality and quantity of colostrum, housing of calves in groups in suitable conditions, no transport of calves under 10 days of age, and prohibition of painful practices such as the dehorning of calves.

Document Types: Guides to Good Practice

Animal categories: Bovines

Key words:Pain, Housing, Mutilation, Breeding and rearing

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