Published in 2021
Scientific review noting a growing interest among scientists in Oceania, Latin America and Asia in the welfare issues for pregnant sows, as well as the emergence of new research topics in recent years, including group sow management and environmental enrichment.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Enrichment, Housing, Living environment,Societal issues
Published in 2021
The CIWF's EggTrack 2021 report, tracking the progress made by major food companies in addressing the welfare of laying hens. It notes real progress towards cage-free rearing across the world, and the efforts made in France to provide access to the outdoors and to create winter gardens.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Societal issues
Published in 2021
Good practice guidance developed by the RSPCA based on the 5 freedoms and current scientific knowledge of the needs of farmed salmon. It recognises the existence of knowledge gaps and therefore advises farmers to adopt an attitude of continuous improvement rather than relying strictly on these standards, developed at a particular moment in time.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Pain, Societal issues, Enrichment, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
A scientific review identifying the following risk factors for poor welfare in pasture-reared dairy calves (common to all rearing systems): perinatal mortality, poor passive transfer of immunity, poor pain management during disbudding and insufficient milk in the feed. In addition, separation from the mother and the culling of male calves reduces the public acceptability of dairy farming. It makes recommendations for improving farming practices.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Maternity, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Societal issues
Published in 2021
A scientific review comparing the welfare of laying hens and the sanitary quality of their eggs in free-range and indoor systems. It concludes that diseases are more frequent and severe and that there is a greater risk of Salmonella infections and the contamination of eggs by toxic industrial by-products in hens with access to the outdoors.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Societal issues, Risk management, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Pathogen transfer
Published in 2021
Press release from the Senate presenting the adoption of the bill to combat animal abuse and stressing that the approved text goes further than the initial government proposal in that it allows publication of advertisements for the sale of animals to take place only on websites previously approved by the ministry that have undertaken to respect the requirements it has laid down.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2021
Decree making the live castration of domestic male pigs for anything other than therapeutic or diagnostic purposes subject to justifications relating to a particular need for the supply of castrated male pig meat as part of a quality and identification of origin label system or to production constraints.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Explanation of the official documents specifying the conditions under which castration of male domestic pigs may be carried out on farms, other than for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Technical instruction specifying the training conditions for carrying out castration protocols under local anaesthesia and analgesia, and the procedures for the issue of a derogation, defining the role of each actor.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
A scientific paper evaluating four sets of private health and welfare standards and associated quality assurance programmes in dairy cattle from Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK. It highlights transparency problems and calls for regulatory oversight of the use of these standards.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
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