Keywords: Enrichment

Animal Signals, Music and Emotional Well-Being

Charles T. Snowdon

Published in 2021

Scientific review of the effect of music on the emotional state of animals. It recommends that available information on the sensory systems and behaviours of each species should be taken into account so that music can be selected in light of the desired emotional response from the animal, thereby improving its well-being.

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Tail-Biting in Pigs: A Scoping Review

Maggie Henry, Hannah Jansen, Maria del Rocio Amezcua, Terri L. O'Sullivan, Lee Niel, Anna Kate Shoveller, Robert M. Friendship

Published in 2021

Scientific review setting out to identify articles on risk factors and interventions associated with tail biting in pigs, along with data gaps in the literature.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Risk management, Societal issues, Mutilation, Pain

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Invited review: Freedom from thirst-Do dairy cows and calves have sufficient access to drinking water?

Margit BakJensen, Mogens Vestergaard

Published in 2021

Scientific review of what is known about the water requirements of 1) young calves, depending on their feeding regime (ad libitum or limited milk), state of health and ambient temperature; 2) dairy cows, depending on their milk yield, feed composition and housing (under cover or on pasture). It concludes that research on the length and positioning of water troughs is needed.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Enrichment, Lactation, Housing, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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Give Them a Toy or Increase Time out of Kennel at Lawn Areas: What Is the Influence of These Interventions on Police Dogs' Welfare?

Letícia Bicudo Nogueira, Rupert Palme, Olívia Mendonça-Furtado

Published in 2021

Scientific paper showing that the provision of environmental enrichment for kenneled police dogs has a stress-reducing effect (reduced levels of cortisol metabolites in the stool) and that access to a grassed area reduces the frequency of stereotypic behaviours in dogs with strong stereotypical tendencies.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

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

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Ventilation in pig farms

Germán Bertsch

Published in 2021

This technical paper discusses ventilation as a critical factor for health and welfare in pig farming. It describes the different ventilation systems available and stresses that the choice of system depends on the needs of the individual pig farm. It recommends the use of natural ammonia-reducing additives as well as ventilation.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Livestock buildings

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Exploring the performance of system changes in Dutch broiler production to balance animal welfare, ammonia emissions and particulate matter emissions with farm profitability

Luuk S.M. Vissers, Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink, Helmut W. Saatkamp

Published in 2021

Scientific paper testing out various combinations of changes to elements of the Dutch broiler rearing system that might satisfy EU and consumer expectations in terms of environmental protection and animal welfare, while safeguarding the incomes of farmers. Those combinations that included animal welfare changes (lower stocking density, enrichment and/or daylight), tube heaters to reduce NH3 emissions and use of an ionisation technique to reduce fine particle emissions gave the best results.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Enrichment, Environment, Housing, Living environment,Livestock farming system,Societal issues

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Leg health of meat chickens: impact on welfare, consumer behaviour, and the role of environmental enrichment

V. Phibbs, P. J. Groves, W. I. Muir

Published in 2021

A scientific review of animal welfare and consumer attitudes to broiler welfare. Leg disorders, techniques for assessing leg health, and possibilities for enriching the birds' environment to improve their mobility and leg health are described.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Pain, Enrichment, Welfare indicators

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Guide to good welfare practice for equidae

Horse industry

Published in 2021

The first draft of the Guide de bonnes pratiques pour l’application des engagements de la charte pour le bien-être des équidés was submitted for evaluation to Anses, which issued its opinion in January 2021. This revised version 2.0, which incorporates Anses's recommendations, was validated by the Ministry of Agriculture on 15 July 2021.

Document Types: Good practice guide

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Pain

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Dairy farmers' heterogeneous preferences for animal welfare-enhancing flooring properties: A mixed logit approach applied in Sweden

E. Owusu-Sekyere, H. Hanssona, E. Telezhenko

Published in 2021

Article showing that Swedish dairy farmers have different opinions on the flooring characteristics that impact animal welfare and therefore on the choice of flooring for their facilities.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines

Keywords:Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing

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Nest acceptance, clutch, and oviposition traits are promising selection criteria to improve egg production in cage-free system

Lorry Becot, Nicolas Bedere ,Thierry Burlot, Jenna Coton, Pascale Le Roy

Published in 2021

Scientific paper investigating criteria for genetic selection of nesting behaviours suitable for cage-free systems for two laying hen bloodlines. It suggests that two effective potential criteria would be number of eggs laid and laying characteristics.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Enrichment, Livestock farming system

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