Keywords: Welfare indicators

Dromedary camel's welfare: literature from 1980 to 2023 with a text mining and topic analysis approach

Naod T. Masebo, Martina Zappaterra, Martina Felici, Beatrice Benedetti, Barbara Padalino

Published in 2023

Scientific review of the main research topics related to dromedary welfare and how these have changed over time. The most frequently encountered topics are "Management of young animals and milk production", "Dromedary health and management systems", "Female and male reproduction", "Dromedary behaviors and feeding" and "Dromedary welfare". The review exposes major research gaps.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Camelidae

Keywords:Welfare indicators, Lactation

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Leg disorders in broiler chickens: a review of current knowledge

Kai-li Liu, Yan-feng He, Bo-wen Xu, Lu-xi Lin, Pan Chen, Muhammad Kashif Iqbal, Khalid Mehmood, Shu-cheng Huang

Published in 2023

Scientific review of chicken leg disorders, their prevalence on farms and the associated risk factors, the consequences for welfare and production performance, and their diagnosis and prevention.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Pain, Societal issues, Risk management, Welfare indicators

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The Well-Being of Companion Animal Caregivers and Their Companion Animals during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review

Samantha K. Brooks, Neil Greenberg

Published in 2023

Review seeking to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on animal carers and their pets. Pet companionship had advantages, but also disadvantages, for both humans and animals. The authors end by asserting the importance of taking pets into account in emergency preparedness plans.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Anxiety, Welfare indicators, One Welfare, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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On-pasture and On-farm Welfare Measurement Protocol for Horses

Federica Raspa, Emanuela Valle,Alessandro Necci, Laura Ozealla, Lorenzo Bertocchi, Nicoletta d'Avino, Marta Panicciaà, Pasquale de Palo, Domenico Bergero, Martina Tarantola, Clara Borin, Claudio Forte

Published in 2023

Article on the development and testing of a specific protocol for measuring the welfare of horses known to be reared in either extensive or confined systems, and assessing whether the  welfare indicators selected for it were influenced by the type of system (extensive or confined).

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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The use of animal-based measures at slaughter for assessing the welfare of turkeys on farm: EFSA scientific NCPs Network exercise

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Marika Vitali, Gizella Aboagye, Denise Candiani, Cristina Rojo Gimeno, Yves Van der Stede, Chiara Fabris

Published in 2023

Report on work, carried out by the network of national contact points providing scientific support on animal welfare at the time of killing, on turkey welfare. This work produced a list of animal-based measures considered by the experts to be useful for on-site recording and monitoring activities in abattoirs to retrospectively assess the on-farm welfare of turkeys .

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Carcass quality, Welfare indicators

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A review of horse welfare literature from 1980 to 2023 with a text mining and topic analysis approach

Beatrice Benedetti, Martina Felici, Leonardo Nanni Costa, Barbara Padalino

Published in 2023

Scientific review describing the changes in  the literature on equine welfare over the past 40 years. The number of publications has increased exponentially over the period. The most common topics dealt with are stress assessment, pain assessment, equine social behavior and human-horse interaction. Positive welfare and the assessment of welfare at slaughter are under-represented.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Human-animal Relationships,Pain, Welfare Indicators, Stress

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Measuring dairy cow welfare with real-time sensor-based data and farm records: a concept study

A.H. Stygar, L. Frondelius, G.V. Berteselli, Y. Gómez, E. Canali, J.K. Niemi, P. Llonch, M. Pastel

Published in 2023

Scientific article presenting an algorithm designed to assess the welfare of dairy cows based on sensor data (accelerometer and/or lactometer) and farm records. It concludes that the algorithm alone cannot not provide a sufficiently sensitive and specific assessment of cow welfare, but that there is merit in combining it with farm-based welfare measurement visits.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators

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Animal board invited review: Quantification of resilience in farm animals

M. Taghipoor, M. Pastell, O. Martin, H. Nguyen Ba, J. van Milgen, A. Doeschl-Wilson, C. Loncke, N.C. Friggens, L. Puillet, R. Muñoz-Tamayo

Published in 2023

Scientific article on the detection and quantification of the responses of farm animals to changes in their environment as a means to classify them individually according to their level of resilience. To this purpose, the authors analyze the use of different modeling approaches to data generation from high-throughput recordings.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Modelling, Resilience, Stress

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A literature review of broiler chicken welfare, husbandry, and assessment

Cara Helena Wilcox, Victoria Sandilands, Novi Mayasari, Indrawati Yudha Asmara, Asep Anang

Published in 2023

Scientific review examining the main commercial broiler farming systems in Indonesia, looking at assessment methods, indicators, main welfare problems, and opportunities for improvement.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Pain, Welfare indicators

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