Keywords: Welfare indicators

Symposium review: Animal welfare in free-walk systems in Europe

Isabel Blanco-Penedo, Wijbrand Ouweltjes, Elfriede Ofner-Schröck, Kerstin Brügemann, Ulf Emanuelson

Published in 2020

Study to test the effect of housing conditions on animal welfare in loose housing systems for dairy cows in Europe.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Welfare indicators, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Conduct of an experiment on animal health and welfare inspections in the pig industry

DGAL/SDSPA

Published in 2020

Instruction setting out the objectives and implementation methods for tests conducted as part of inspections in the pig production sector. Objectives: to introduce a small number of key control points relating to animal health and protection for each inspection in the pig production industry, regardless of the original purpose of the visit. 

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Risk management, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Effect of work on body language of ranch horses in Brazil

Pedro Henrique Esteves Trindade, Elke Hartmann, Linda J. Keeling, Pia Haubro Andersen, Guilherme de Camargo Ferraz, Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da Costa

Published in 2020

A study to identify how facial expressions and other behavioural variables change in ranch horses after a regular work day, and to determine if these changes can be used as indicators of physical fatigue.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Biomarkers of fitness and welfare in dairy animals: healthy living

André M. de Almeida, Maya Zachut, Lorenzo E. Hernández-Castellano, Marcela Šperanda, Gianfranco Gabai Ali Mobasheri

Published in 2019

Review of major advances in the development of physiological welfare biomarkers to monitor animal responses to, and recovery from, environmental disturbances in dairy cows and small ruminants.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system

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Demonstrating high on-farm standards through One Health Certified

The Poultry Site

Published in 2020

Introducing One Health Certified, a comprehensive U.S. animal care program that certifies animal production practices in five main areas: disease prevention, veterinary care, responsible use of antibiotics, animal welfare and environmental impacts.

Document types: Technical Paper

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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Transmammary delivery of firocoxib to piglets reduces stress and improves average daily gain after castration, tail docking, and teeth clipping

Johann F Coetzee, Pritam K Sidhu, Jon Seagen, Teresa Schieber, Katie Kleinhenz, Michael D Kleinhenz, Larry W Wulf, Vickie L Cooper, Reza Mazloom, Majid Jaberi-Douraki, Kelly Lechtenberg

Published in 2020

A test of the effect of intramammary administration of the anti-inflammatory drug firocoxib in sows on stress and piglet production during painful manipulations such as tail docking, castration, teeth cutting.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Mutilation, Stress, Livestock farming system

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Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain in Working Equines

Roy RC and Dharmaceelan S

Published in 2020

This review compares several behavioural assessment tools to quantify chronic pain in equines, with the aim of developing one that can be used specifically for working horses and donkeys.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Resilience

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In-Person Caretaker Visits Disrupt Ongoing Discomfort Behavior in Hospitalized Equine Orthopedic Surgical Patients

Catherine Torcivia and Sue McDonnell

Published in 2020

Study of the change in discomfort behaviours of horses hospitalised for orthopaedic surgery on the arrival of a carer and their implications for the evaluation of pain (systematically underestimated).

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships

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Evidence of Pain, Stress, and Fear of Humans During Tail Docking and the Next Four Weeks in Piglets (Sus scrofa domesticus)

Céline Tallet, Marine Rakotomahandry, Sabine Herlemont and Armelle Prunier

Published in 2019

Study of the impacts of tail docking in piglets on behavioural indicators of pain and stress and on Human-animal relationships.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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