Published in 2024
Scientific article testing whether humans can distinguish between chicken calls produced in different contexts (ie. chickens either expect or don't expect a reward), identify emotional valence (positive or negative) and intensity, and assess how excited chickens are, based on their calls.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Human-animal relationship, Vocalisation
Published in 2023
Scientific paper on the development of a system based on artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify different emotional states in chickens on the basis of their vocalizations, including hunger, fear, anger, contentment, excitement and distress, with a view to improving human-animal relationships.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationship, Stress, Vocalizations
Published in 2023
Systematic review of the literature on ways to assess the social behavior of adult horses. Most ethograms include indicators of agonistic behavior. The authors recommend placing greater emphasis on affiliative and ambivalent interactions and indifference when assessing the social behavior of horses.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Personality, Human-animal relationships, Vocalisation
Published in 2020
Study to ascertain whether livestock are better able to maintain their individuality when communicating with other members of a familiar group than in other agricultural contexts with positive or negative values.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Welfare indicators, Stress, Breeding and rearing systems, Vocalisation
Published in 2019
Preview: “A total of 83 articles studying the relationships between pig personality, management and welfare were reviewed. A lack of consistency in terminology and methodology makes comparisons difficult. Studies have found links between personality, behavioral, and physiological traits. A framework is needed to incorporate pig personality into management and welfare."
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Vocalisation
Published in 2019
This study of contact calls between calves and their mothers shows that they have an individual distinctive character that can attract the social support of fellow calves. Knowledge of these indices of individuality could help farmers to better distinguish between animals for welfare or production purposes.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Maternity, Vocalisation
Published in 2017
Whether you are a rider, breeder, teacher or horse owner, you will find everything on horse welfare in this "go-to" text from the French Horse and Riding Institute. Nowadays, there is a real awareness of welfare issues for animals, and the horse is no exception to this. What is currently considered to be good or bad practice? What scientific evidence is there? What might future developments look like and what are the regulations? In order to answer these questions, this book offers the reader information that is informed by science and presented in a form that can be understood and used by both professionals and amateurs. With a context-setting preface and introduction written by Axel Kahn and Sylvie Brunel, the wealth of bibliographical research carried out by Christine Briant and her team makes it possible to grasp the concept of equine welfare (including that of donkeys and ponies), and to apply it to feeding, housing, health and behaviour.
Document Types: Scientific work
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Learning, Traning, Livestock buildings, Pain, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Restraint equipment, Memory, Living environment, Fear, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Breeding and rearing systems, Transport, Vocalisation
Published in 2019
To improve understanding of the needs and expectations of pets and awareness of their emotions, encourage the veterinary profession to engage as stakeholders in this societal issue, and to produce a consultative document for practitioners.
Document Types: Technical work
Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets
Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Fear, Cognitive processes, Stress, Vocalisation
Published in 2002
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Intensive pig farming imposes constraints that can be detrimental to the welfare of the pig. In wild boar or domestic pigs in semi-natural conditions, the parturient female lives in a matriarchal group and builds a nest to conceal and protect the young. A bond is established between the sow and her piglets and the suckling period lasts a minimum of 10 to 12 weeks. .... The more premature the weaning, the greater the negative impacts on behavioural and zootechnical disturbances. Proper attention to the animal's welfare calls for precautionary measures to avoid placing the animal in a situation of fear or anxiety and to enable it to express the behaviour deemed normal for the species.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Maternity, Cognitive processes, Weaning, Vocalisation
Published in 2007
Fear is probably the most-studied emotion in pets. In this overview, we attempt to establish the levels of repeatability and validity for fear tests carried out on cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, poultry and horses. We focus our review on the three most common types of fear tests: the arena test (open field), the novel object test and the stress test. For some tests, e.g. tonic immobility in poultry, there is a good body of literature on the factors affecting test results, test validity and age dependency. However, there are relatively few such well-defined and validated tests, and the element that is particularly lacking for most tests is information on robustness, i.e. what aspects can be modified without affecting the validity of the tests. The relative lack of standardised tests is an obstacle to the development of applied ethology as a science.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Monogastrics, Ovines, Porcines, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Anxiety, Experimentation, Welfare indicators, Memory, Fear, Cognitive processes, Stress, Vocalisation
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