Published in 2023
Scientific review describing animal DNA methylation patterns and methods for their analysis, an overview of the molecular and biological basis for the development of epigenetic biomarkers in veterinary science, and their potential use in animal welfare monitoring.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Scientific paper testing whether AWIN, scan sampling for behavioural observations, and surveys are effective methods to assess four categories of behavioral indicators for poor welfare: stereotypies, aggression toward humans, lack of responsiveness to the environment, and hypervigilance. It concludes that the 3 methods are complementary and should be used together to properly assess these four categories of indicators.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2022
A study proposing an improved list of indicators available for use in commercial abattoirs to ensure the consistency of assessments of the effectiveness of electrostunning in broilers. Prior to bleeding, it is better to check for breathing than for blinking or spontaneous vocalizations. During bleeding, the recommended indicators are breathing, wing flapping and head shaking.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Carcass quality, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress
Published in 2022
Systematic review of the literature to identify animal-based and management-based indicators that could be influenced by changes in handling procedures for feeder pigs on the day of slaughter. Factors with the highest impact on pig welfare were the calmness of operators when handling animals, reduction of environmental noise and transport time, and control of stunning effectiveness.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2022
Report of the 2022 meeting which dealt with the revision of the European animal welfare regulations, the associated EFSA opinions with a presentation of those published in 2022 and a progress report on those in progress, and with the work of the expert subgroup for animal welfare and the subgroup on national contact points.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Bovines, Porcines, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Enrichment, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system, Transportation, Pain
Published in 2022
Scientific paper showing that tail lesions are present in 2/3 of a group of pre-finishing piglets, that they are usually minor and that the majority of piglets both bite and are bitten. The piglets that bite most are those with the highest levels of exploratory behaviour.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Stress
Published in 2022
A scientific review of what is known about the nutrition, physical environment, health and behavioral interactions of horses, these being the first 4 of the 5 domains of the animal welfare model and the last domain, mental state, being inferred from the first 4.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment
Published in 2022
Scientific review that reveals a lack of published studies assessing welfare levels in equines at slaughter, particularly donkeys and mules in low-income countries, and highlights the need to develop an evidence-based knowledge base to improve guidance in this area.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress
Published in 2022
Scientific review of pre-slaughter stress factors, the associated indicators and the methods of management specific to goats, in order to facilitate decision making to minimize pre-slaughter stress in goats and improve goat meat quality.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Caprines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators, Carcass quality, Societal issues, Stress, Transport
Published in 2022
Scientific review identifying that pre-slaughter management factors related to transport and handling, and behavioral and physiological welfare indicators were the topics most commonly addressed in studies on the relationships between pre-slaughter management factors and welfare of beef cattle at slaughter.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress, Transportation
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