Published in 2021
Article comparing the effect of 4 types of scratch mat on laying hen behaviour and egg quality and finding no significant difference between the types of mat.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the state of knowledge on management factors for chicks designed to ensure chick welfare and health.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal , Housing, Enrichment, Livestock buildings, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2020
Preview: “The aim of this review was to describe recent changes and expected developments in housing systems for dairy cows. These new developments should create an appropriate production environment for modern high-producing dairy cows and stimulate dairy farming-related developments in management, agro-technology, and equipment.”
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2020
Preview: “Oral stereotypies are often performed by cattle as a behavioral coping mechanism. Non-nutritive oral behaviors in cattle may be caused by limited access to roughage. Non-nutritive oral behaviors may be a behavioral signal of a welfare concern in cattle, but may also be a useful behavioral proxy for rumen status.”
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Anxiety, Enrichment, Stress, Psychiatric disorder
Published in 2020
Review of the dietary, social, environmental and veterinary factors affecting the welfare of guinea pigs in the UK.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Rodents
Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Environment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2020
Description of a poultry house with a winter garden, of associated necessary changes to rearing methods and overview of turkey welfare.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Environment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2006
Welfare problems encountered on broiler farms - Literature review
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Pain, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2018
This book provides up-to-date and comprehensive information on donkeys, with the aim of improving their health and welfare. It focuses in particular on the characteristics of the species compared with other members of the equidae family. It includes a chapter on behaviour which is fundamental to the understanding of this unique animal and key to the clinical signs and requirements for handling, feeding and treatment.
Document Types: Technical work
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Anxiety, Pain, Welfare indicators, Fear, Human-animal relationships
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 2019
Now that animal welfarek trimming has been called into question in the European Union, farmers must plan for a shift in the medium term to egg production from untrimmed hens. This guide sets out the different actions that can be carried out as part of a whole-animal approach to farming in order to limit the risk of severe pecking in pullets and laying hens.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment
