Keywords: Pain

Review: Assessing fish welfare in research and aquaculture, with a focus on European directives

M. Toni, A. Manciocco, E. Angiulli, E. Alleva, C. Cioni, S. Malavasi

Published in 2018

Literature review on issues related to the welfare of teleost fish in aquaculture and research. It addresses the practical factors to take into account when assessing fish welfare, rearing and care, behavioural requirements and current regulations.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Pain, Experimentation, Welfare indicators, Fear, Evolutionary processes, Livestock farming system

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Use of the horse grimace scale to identify and quantify pain due to dental disorders in horses

Mariana Marcantonio Coneglian, Tâmara Duarte Borges, Saulo Henrique Weber, Heloisa Godoi Bertagnon, Pedro Vicente Michelotto

Published in 2020

Preview: “Dental disorders result in pain and modify the facial expression. HGS is reliable for the identification of pain related to oral conditions. Subjective pain evaluation, even by experienced veterinarians, is not reliable. There is agreement between the HGS score determined in loco and using photographs."

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Pain, Livestock farming system

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Monitoring Acute Pain in Donkeys with the Equine Utrecht University Scale for Donkeys Composite Pain Assessment (EQUUS-DONKEY-COMPASS) and the Equine Utrecht University Scale for Donkey Facial Assessment of Pain (EQUUS-DONKEY-FAP)

Machteld C. van Dierendonck, Faith A. Burden, Karen Rickards, Johannes P.A.M. van Loon

Published in 2020

Comparison of two donkey pain-rating scales

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Pain, Livestock farming system

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European Parliament: written answer to Question E-000179/2020 : Foie gras and clinical pathology in animals

Question: Sylwia Spurek. Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2020

Question on the pathological and anti-welfare nature of force-feeding

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Force-feeding, Livestock farming system

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Maîtrise du piétin : étude des freins et motivations en élevage ovin viande de Haute-Vienne (Vienne et du Lot)

Elise Souil

Published in 2019

Status report on the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of sheep farmers with regard to foot rot, based on 30 qualitative studies on sheep farming.

Document Types: Scientific work

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords: Pain, Livestock farming system

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Order of 24 February 2020 relating to the application by farmers of treatments intended to eliminate or alleviate pain associated with actions resulting from livestock management

Journal Officiel of the French Republic

Published in 2020

The Order authorizes livestock producers to employ any veterinary drug to suppress or alleviate pain associated with farm management practices.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues

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Arrêté du 24 février 2020 modifiant l’arrêté du 16 janvier 2003 établissant les normes minimales relatives à la protection des porcs

Journal Officiel of the French Republic

Published in 2020

Order imposing a ban on the live castration of male domestic pigs under seven days old, the obligation to provide a drinking trough to meet the obligation to provide a constant supply of water  and specifying other criteria for monitoring on domestic pig holdings.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

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Sheep castration, tail docking, and pain management

British Veterinary Association

Published in 2020

Preview: “It is essential for sheep health and welfare, that any procedures having the potential to create pain and suffering should be balanced against the need for that procedure. Castration and tail-docking are sometimes routine husbandry procedures and, because they are painful, efforts must be made to reduce their use, especially where there are alternative management techniques.”

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords: Pain, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system

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European Parliament: written answer to Question E004029/2019: Castration of piglets without anaesthetic in the EU

Question: Harald Vilimsky. Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Parliament

Published in 2020

Question on a possible change to the regulations on the castration of piglets

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation, Livestock farming system

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Bit type exerts an influence on self-controlled rein tension in unridden horses

Silvio Kau, Isabella Katharina Potz, Katharina Pospisil, Lina Sellke, Johannes Peter Schramel, Christian Peham

Published in 2020

Study of the dynamic responses - in welfare terms - of horses with different bit sizes.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Pain, Restraint equipment

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