Published in 2023
Key welfare indicators on results for broilers.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Carcass quality, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system, Transport
Published in 2023
Scientific article investigating the interactive effects of shared housing and human contact after the feeding of milk to weaning calves. It shows that human contact reduced pen-directed sucking in individually housed calves, highlighting the role of restrictive environments in the expression of these behaviors in conventionally housed dairy calves.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Enrichment, Housing, Human-animal relationships,Societal issues
Published in 2023
Leaflet for the use of private chicken owners in Switzerland. It provides information on the regulations, and on hens' physiological and behavioral needs in terms of improving their health and welfare.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
EFSA opinion identifying fifteen highly relevant negative welfare consequences, the most common being respiratory disorders, inability to engage in exploratory or foraging behavior, gastroenteric disorders and group stress. It recommends a space provision of at least 3m2 per calf, keeping the calf with its mother for a minimum of 24 hours, after which calves should be kept in stable groups and soft bedding should be provided.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal adaptation, Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Publication reviewing the main factors contributing to poor welfare in broiler chickens, their sources, how to mitigate them, and farm management methods that can promote welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Fear, Stress, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
EFSA opinion identifying the most important factors impacting on the welfare of laying hens: bone lesions, group stress, inability to avoid unwanted sexual behavior, inability to engage in comfort behavior, inability to engage in exploratory or foraging behavior, isolation stress, predation stress, resting problems, movement restriction, skin disorders, soft tissue lesions and integument lesions. It proposes animal-based measures to assess them, and sets out the risks related to different farming systems. Measures to prevent risks and mitigate welfare consequences are proposed. Recommendations are made to address specific welfare issues for laying hens.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Enrichment, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Mutilation, Stress, Livestock farming system, Societal issues, Pain
Published in 2023
EFSA opinion that identifies 19 major welfare consequences for broilers, animal-based measures to assess them, risks related to different farming systems and animal-based measures to assess them. Measures to prevent risks and mitigate welfare consequences are proposed. Recommendations are made to address specific welfare issues for broilers. Indicators for monitoring the welfare of broilers at slaughter are proposed.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Enrichment, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Mutilation, Stress, Livestock farming system, Societal issues, Pain
Published in 2023
Audit report from EFTA concluding that the EEA legislation has been correctly transposed and implemented in Norway. Nevertheless, the recommendations made in previous audits have not been satisfactorily addressed. Official veterinarians do not receive sufficient training with the result that non-compliance is not properly detected.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Housing, Livestock farming system, Societal issues, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Technical Instruction giving details on the implementation of the 2023-24 on-farm visit programme for pig welfare. The visits are intended to check that farmers are familiar with the relevant regulations, to give them advice tailored to their farms, to make them aware of the risks involved in tail docking and to remind them of the regulations concerning tail docking, on-farm welfare advisors and the cessation of castration of piglets without anaesthetic.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Working animals, Animal mediation, Enrichment, Risk management, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Pain,, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2012
A scientific paper investigating the effects of access to an outdoor pen and environmental enrichment on the activity pattern and social behavior of Norwegian dairy goats kept on slatted floors with limited space. It shows that the goats prefer to use the outdoor pen when they are active, and view branches as an attractive enrichment.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Caprines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system
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