Keyword : Experimentation

Machine learning-based understanding of aquatic animal behaviour in waters

Ignacio Martinez-Alpiste, Jean-Benoît de Tailly, Jose M. Alcaraz-Calero, Katherine A. Sloman, Mhairi E. Alexander, Qi Wang

Published in 2024

Scientific paper proposing an automated method for real-time monitoring of shrimp behavior, using an instance segmentation system based on machine learning. This system, which is 89% accurate at 30 fps, provides a way to overcome the challenges of working in harsh underwater environments, facilitating biological investigations and improving automated aquaculture systems.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Arthropods, Fish

Keywords:Precision farming, Experimentation, Identification, livestock farming systemBehavioral disorders

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Animal behaviour and welfare research: A One Health perspective

James William Yeates

Published in 2024

A summary of the ethical principles proposed by the One Health program for research into animal behavior and welfare. Transdisciplinary and multisectoral in nature, such research should describe and apply a harmonious balance between the needs of humans, animals and the environment, and recognize the importance of the integrity of the ecosystem as a whole.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Biodiversity,Adaptation of the environment to theanimal, Education, Environment, Experimentation, Risk management, One Welfare, Human-animal relationship livestock system, Societal issues.

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La douleur et la souffrance des poissons sont-elles suffisamment considérées en aquaculture et pêche ?

Marie-Laure Bégout

Published in 2024

Article following on from the FRCAW report on the slaughter of farmed fish. Ifremer reviews the capacity of fish to feel pain, their legal status, and appropriate slaughter methods. Making pre-slaughter stunning compulsory in France would require investment and an overhaul of the way businesses organize their work, but other countries such as Norway have already done so.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Brain integration, Euthanasia, Experimentation, Pain, Maltreatment, Stress, Societal issues

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Do Insects Feel Joy and Pain?

Lars Chittka

Published in 2023

Article summarizing the current state of knowledge on cognition, emotions and pain perception in insects, and the ethical consequences of such knowledge for our relationship with insects, particularly in their breeding and use for scientific purposes.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Insects

Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Pain, Experimentation, Memory, Human-animal relationships

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From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals

Shachar Givonad, Matan Samina, Ohad Ben-Shahar, Ronen Segev

Published in 2021

Scientific paper showing that a fish is able to orientate itself and move intentionally in a terrestrial environment, using a device where the fish is placed in a tank on a wheeled platform that responds to the fish's movements. This suggests that spatial representation and movement abilities are species independent.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Brain integration, Experimentation, Cognitive processes,Adaptation of the animal to the environment

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Current Methods to Investigate Nociception and Pain in Zebrafish

Nils Ohnesorge, Céline Heinl, Lars Lewejohann

Published in 2021

Scientific review of methods to investigate nociception and pain in zebrafish

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Fish

Key Words: Consciousness, Pain, Experimentation

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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, Breeding and rearing systems

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Uninhibited chickens: ranging behaviour impacts motor self-regulation in free-range broiler chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Vitor Hugo Bessa Ferreira, Lorène Reiter, Karine Germain, Ludovic Calandreau, Vanessa Guesdon

Published in 2020

Testing the influence of individual behavioural differences in free-range chickens on cognitive performance: relationship between exploratory tendencies and motor self-regulation.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Learning, Training, Experimentation, Living environment, Cognitive processes

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