Keyword: Living environment

Sheep Welfare Strategy

Ruminant Helath & Welfare

Published in 2023

Presentation of the 6 objectives that make up the cattle welfare strategy designed by Ruminant Health & Welfare in conjunction with the entire British cattle industry.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Enrichment, Welfare indicator, Living environment, Farming system

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European Parliament: written answer to Question E-002772/23: EU legislation on use of hazardous substances in electrical equipment: consequences for animal welfare and biodiversity conservation

Question: Gianna Gancia (ID). Answer: Mr Sinkevičius on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on the lack of regulation of heating spotlights emitting UV-A/B radiation, used for breeding and keeping exotic animals.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Wildlife, NAC, Reptiles

Keywords:Enrichment, Well-being indicator, Living environment, Stress

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Doing better for understudied species: Evaluation and improvement of a species-general animal welfare assessment tool for zoos

Shannon L. O'Brien, Katherine A. Cronin

Published in 2023

Scientific article evaluating a generic welfare assessment method for different animals in the same zoo. It reveals that Mammals received the highest welfare scores and their assessment questionnaires were completed most fully. This led the authors to modify their assessment tool to take better account of all the taxa present in the zoo.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationship

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Quality-of-Life Assessments in Zoo Animals: Not Just for the Aged and Charismatic

Michelle Campbell-Ward

Published in 2023

Scientific review exploring the concept of quality of life as it applies to animals, assessment indicators and methods appropriate in a zoo setting, and the importance of taking quality of life into account at all stages of life, whatever the species.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationship

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On-pasture and On-farm Welfare Measurement Protocol for Horses

Federica Raspa, Emanuela Valle,Alessandro Necci, Laura Ozealla, Lorenzo Bertocchi, Nicoletta d'Avino, Marta Panicciaà, Pasquale de Palo, Domenico Bergero, Martina Tarantola, Clara Borin, Claudio Forte

Published in 2023

Article on the development and testing of a specific protocol for measuring the welfare of horses known to be reared in either extensive or confined systems, and assessing whether the  welfare indicators selected for it were influenced by the type of system (extensive or confined).

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Animal adaptation to environment, Animal-based measurement, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Farming system

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Indice international d’équité des engagements œufs hors-cage

Mercy for Animals

Published in 2023

Mercy for Animals' 3rd International Cage-Free Equity Index of commitment by companies. The index ranks 40 food companies on their commitment to sourcing cage-free eggs, and on the transparency of their communication on progress. Carrefour, Groupe Casino and Sodexo appear at the bottom of the ranking.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock system,Societal issues

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Volitional activation of remote place representations with a hippocampal brain-machine interface

Chongxi Lai, Shinsuke Tanaka, Timothy D. Harris, Albert K. Lee

Published in 2023

Scientific article on the development of a brain-machine interface to study rats' abilities to voluntarily navigate and direct objects in a virtual reality arena, solely by activating and sustaining appropriate hippocampal representations of remote locations.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Rodents

Keywords:Animal adaptation to environment, Animal-based measurement, Learning, Consciousness, Brain integration, Living environment, Modeling

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National Organic Program (NOP); Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards

Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

Published in 2023

USDA's Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) final rule, which reinforces animal welfare measures for organic livestock and poultry and promotes their natural behaviors. The standards cover outdoor space, indoor and outdoor living conditions, poultry stocking density, preventive health practices, mutilation and euthanasia, transportation, handling and slaughter.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Poultry

Keywords: Euthanasia, Human-animal relationship, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation,Societal issues, Transport, Welfare  indicators

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Review of the influence of farrowing and lactation housing and positive human contact on sow and piglet welfare

Paul H. Hemsworth, Alan J. Tilbrook, Rutu Y. Galea, Megan E. Lucas, Kirsty L. Chidgey, Lauren M. Hemsworth

Published in 2023

Scientific review offering a critical assessment of the scientific literature on the implications of two important determinants of sow and piglet welfare: housing and human contact.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Enrichment, Lactation, Housing, Maternal, Living environment, Human-animal relationship, Socialization, Stress,  Farming system, Behavioral disorders

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Impact of light wavelength on growth and welfare of broiler chickens: An overview and future perspective

Abdel-Moneim Eid Abdel-Moneim, Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Abdelrazeq M. Shehata, Abhishek Biswas, Mohammed Sh. Abougabal, Alaa M. Kamal, Noura M. Mesalam, Mohamed A. Elsayed, Bing Yang, Tarek A. Ebeid, Xiaohua Teng

Published in 2023

Scientific review on the importance of appropriate lighting (including light source, intensity, duration and wavelength) to improve growth and behavior, and to alleviate stress factors in broilers.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Stress

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