Keyword: Mutilation

French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°32507: Conditions d’élevage et les mutilations subies par les chapons

Dimitri Houbron (Agir ensemble - Nord), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on whether the French Government intends to ban the practice of caponisation.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°34378: Conditions d’élevage et les mutilations subies par les chapons

Danièle Obono (La France insoumise - Paris), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on the Government's intentions regarding the practice of caponisation.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°32713: Conditions d’élevage et de castration des chapons en France

Alexandra Valetta Ardisson (La République en Marche - Alpes-Maritimes), French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a parliamentary question on a possible legal ban on the practice of caponisation.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

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Spontaneous Behaviors of Post-Orchiectomy Pain in Horses Regardless of the Effects of Time of Day, Anesthesia, and Analgesia

Pedro Henrique Esteves Trindade, Marilda Onghero Taffarel, Stelio Pacca Loureiro Luna

Published in 2021

Scientific article seeking to document the signs of pain after orchiectomy in horses as they relate to the factors assumed to influence pain.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Pain, Welfare indicators, Mutilation

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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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Swine Inflammation and Necrosis Syndrome (SINS)

Gerald Reiner, Josef Kuehling, Frederik Loewenstein, Mirjam Lechner, Sabrina Becker

Published in 2021

A scientific review of the differential diagnosis of inflammation and necrosis syndrome in pigs so that tail lesions caused by bites from other pigs and those caused by the disease can be distinguished.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Mutilation, Breeding and rearing systems

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Health and Welfare Survey of 30 Dairy Goat Farms in the Midwestern United States

Melissa N. Hempstead, Taylor M. Lindquist, Jan K. Shearer, Leslie C. Shearer, Paul J. Plummer

Published in 2021

Scientific paper identifying areas for research that should be supported to improve the welfare of goats in the US Midwest. They include pain relief during routine husbandry activities, perinatal kid management, eradication of common contagious diseases, training in foot trimming, disbudding and udder health.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Caprines

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

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Piglet castration with isoflurane inhalation anaesthesia in Germany

Pig 333

Published in 2021

Article providing an initial overview of the implementation of the regulation requiring general anaesthesia for piglet castration in Germany. Currently, the use of isoflurane anaesthesia is increasing, as this technique is permitted by the new regulations and farmers receive subsidies from the Federal Government for the purchase of isoflurane anaesthesia equipment.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Risk management, Mutilation, Breeding and rearing

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Severe tail lesions in finisher pigs are associated with reduction in annual profit in farrow-to-finish pig farms

Nienke van Staaveren, Laura Ann Boyle, Edgar García Manzanilla, Keelin O'Driscoll, Laurence Shalloo, Julia Adriana Calderón Díaz

Published in 2021

Article investigating the financial costs of severe tail injuries in pig farming

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Key word:Pain, Risk management, Mutilation

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