Published in 2023
Scientific review examining the specific needs of ruminants and equines, the enrichments studied in the scientific literature and their impact on welfare, knowledge gaps and recommendations for inspections.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Equines, Ruminants
Keywords:Enrichment, welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Livestock systems
Published in 2023
Report on the progress made by companies signed up to the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) approach, in particular that of the 120 French businesses involved, 21 of which participated in ChickenTrack. At European level, numbers reporting publicly on their progress are highest for French companies. Almost all French retailers are now committed to the BCC for 100% of fresh and frozen chicken and processed products containing over 50% chicken sold under their own brands.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Breeding and rearing systems
Published in 2023
Results-based key welfare indicator guide for turkeys
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Carcass quality, Carcassindicator, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Livestock systems, Transport, Welfare indicator
Published in 2023
Guide d’indicateurs clés de bien-être basés sur les résultats chez la poule pondeuse et la dinde.
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Carcass quality, Carcassindicator, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Livestock systems, Transport, Welfare indicator
Published in 2023
Key welfare indicators on results for broilers.
Document Types: Guides to Good Practice
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Carcass quality, Carcassindicator, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Livestock systems, Transport, Welfare indicator
Published in 2023
Summary of the official inspections carried out in the Member States in 2021 to assess the protection of hen welfare. It proposes avenues for improvement and identifies good practices for dissemination. It shows that the protection of the welfare of laying hens varies from one Member State to another, risking the creation of unfair competition for producers within the EU. It reveals that official inspections of pullet farms and hatcheries are far less frequent and consistent than those of laying hen farms.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Breeding and rearing systems
Published in 2023
Report summarizing the main welfare problems faced by broilers, fish, pigs, dairy cows and rabbits in intensive farming and the main shortcomings of current European legislation in this respect.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock systems
Published in 2023
Article describing how a method was developed to assess health and welfare on individual Swiss livestock farms using information from agricultural databases and supervised machine learning. This method made it possible to score the animal health and welfar management performance of farms in a way comparable to on-farm assessment by trained staff.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Livestock system, Welfare indicator
Published in 2023
EFSA opinion identifying fifteen highly relevant negative welfare consequences, the most common being respiratory disorders, inability to engage in exploratory or foraging behavior, gastroenteric disorders and group stress. It recommends a space provision of at least 3m2 per calf, keeping the calf with its mother for a minimum of 24 hours, after which calves should be kept in stable groups and soft bedding should be provided.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal adaptation, Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Risk management, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock systems, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Systematic review of the literature identifying feed replacement, colostrum and weaning as the main issues in managing dairy calves that impact health and welfare. They play a role in a calf's physiology and health, emotional state and cognitive judgment.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock systems
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