Keywords: Animal-based measurements

Evaluation of the Feasibility, Reliability, and Repeatability of Welfare Indicators in Free-Roaming Horses: A Pilot Study

Jessica J. Harley, J. David Stack, Helen Braid, Krista M. McLennan, Christina R. Stanley

Published in 2021

Scientific paper testing animal- and environment- based welfare indicators for use on free-roaming horses. The test focused on ease of use, repeatability and reliability.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators

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Identification of Animal-Based Welfare Indicators in Captive Reptiles: A Delphi Consultation Survey

Peta L. Hitchens, Rachael H. Booth, Annabelle Murphy, Bidda Jones, Lauren M. Hemsworth

Published in 2021

Scientific paper on the gathering of an evidence base of expert opinion on welfare indicators for the animals to be included in a welfare assessment tool for four reptile families.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Exotic pets

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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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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Effects of Season, Plumage Colour, and Transport Distance on Body Weight Loss, Dead-on-Arrival, and Reject Rate in Commercial End-of-Lay Hens

Enver Çavuşoğlu, Metin Petek

Published in 2021

Scientific paper highlighting that time of year, plumage colour and distance travelled all influence mortality rates, weight loss and rejection rates on arrival when transporting laying hens at the end of their laying period, and should therefore be taken into account to improve their welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Carcass quality, Transport

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Objective Assessment of Chronic Pain in Horses Using the Horse Chronic Pain Scale (HCPS): A Scale-Construction Study

Johannes P. A. M. van Loon, Lucia Macri

Published in 2021

Scientific paper describing the development of a chronic pain assessment scale for horses based on behavioural and facial expression indicators, and testing it on horses with and without chronic pain for intra- and inter-observer reliability

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Assessing dairy cow welfare during the grazing and housing periods on spring-calving, pasture-based dairy farms

Robin E Crossley, Eddie A M Bokkers, Natasha Browne, Katie Sugrue, Emer Kennedy, Imke J M de Boer, Muireann Conneely

Published in 2021

Scientific paper evaluating the welfare of Irish dairy cows in spring calving and pasture systems. Assessment indicators include lameness rates, body condition, discharge from the eyes and nose, tail and integument lesions, and avoidance distances. The overall results of the top 20% of farms are used to establish benchmarks.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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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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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

Using Expert Elicitation to Abridge the Welfare Quality® Protocol for Monitoring the Most Adverse Dairy Cattle Welfare Impairments

Frank A. M. Tuyttens, Sophie de Graaf, Sine Norlander Andreasen, Alice de Boyer des Roches, Frank J. C. M. van Eerdenburg, Marie J. Haskell, Marlene K. Kirchner, Luc. Mounier, Miroslav Kjosevski, Jo Bijttebier, Ludwig Lauwers, Wim Verbeke, Bart Ampe

Published in 2021

Paper proposing a simplified version of the Welfare Quality assessment protocol for dairy cows for routine use.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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