Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment

Basic Needs in Horses? - A Literature Review

Konstanze Krueger, Laureen Esch, Kate Farmer, Isabell Marr

Published in 2021

Scientific review of the behavioural and physiological responses of horses in terms of stress, active behaviours, passive behaviours and abnormal behaviours, when their basic needs (social contact, presence of companions, freedom of movement, access to forage) are not fully met.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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Animal welfare indicators for sheep during sea transport: Monitoring health and behaviour

Renee S.Willis, Patricia A. Fleming, Emma J. Dunston-Clarke, Anne L. Barnes, David W. Miller, Teresa Collins

Published in 2021

Scientific paper presenting the results of a test of a protocol to assess the welfare of sheep in their pens during sea transport. It describes behavioural changes during the sea journey, which were positively correlated with temperature, and a correlation between health and nutrition, environmental conditions and animal behaviour.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress, Transport

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Unintended consequences of selection for increased production on the health and welfare of livestock

Este van Marle-Köster, Carina Visser

Published in 2021

A scientific review showing the deleterious effects of the use of genetic selection for increased productivity on the fertility, welfare and health of livestock. Inbreeding has led to genetic defects, increased lameness, hoof problems and mastitis, Pathways are suggested to incorporate welfare and health in breeding practices.

Document Types: Scientific review

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Resilience, Robustness, Livestock farming system

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Understanding behaviour to improve the welfare of an ornamental fish

Manuela Lombardi Brandão, Felipe Dorigão-Guimarães, Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Ana Carolina Dos Santos Gauy, André Vitor Salinas Pereira, Lethicia Vian, Thais Billalba Carvalho, Eliane Gonçalves-de-Freitas

Published in 2021

Scientific review of social and reproductive behaviours, cognitive abilities, the effects of environmental enrichment and of practices to improve the welfare of angelfish and, more generally, of ornamental fish.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Stress

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The Influence of Different Types of Outdoor Access on Dairy Cattle Behavior

Anne-Marieke C. Smid, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk

Published in 2020

A review of the literature on how pasture and other types of outdoor space influence the lying, standing, walking, feeding, socialising and oestrus behaviour of dairy cows.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Advances in genetic selection and breeder practice improve commercial layer hen welfare

Greg Underwood, Daniel Andrews, Tin Phung

Published in 2021

Review of work in genetic selection and husbandry  to improve the welfare of laying hens

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system

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Welfare Assessment of 30 Dairy Goat Farms in the Midwestern United States

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

Published in 2021

Article testing protocols for assessing the welfare of European goats in the context of US MidWest farms

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Caprines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system

Animal Welfare Issues in Capture-Based Aquaculture

Uthpala Chandararathna, Kjetil Korsnes, Mette Sørensen, Ioannis N. Vatsos

Published in 2021

Review focusing on the particular case of the welfare in aquaculture of captured fish

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to its environment, Environment, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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Keeping Stallions in Groups-Species-Appropriate or Relevant to Animal Welfare?

Heidrun Gehlen, Katrin Krumbach, Christa Thöne-Reineke

Published in 2021

Paper examining the feasibility and value of group breeding stallions with regard to animal welfare

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system

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