Published in 2024
Scientific article showing that heat stress generated by intense heat waves increases activity in dairy cows and compromises milk production, resting time and milk quality.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Welfare indicators, Lactation, Robustness, Stress
Published in 2024
Review of scientific articles describing the advantages and disadvantages of the use of technology on dairy farms. Most articles report an improvement in animal welfare thanks to the technology studied, but the authors of the review are concerned over a possible lack of objectivity, suggesting that future studies should endeavor to address both potential advantages and disadvantages.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Livestock buildings, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Lactation
Published in 2023
Article outlining the factors contributing to animal welfare considerations and developments in genetics that have greatly increased prolificacy, looking at their consequences for the design of pig farming facilities.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Lactation, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
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
Published in 2023
Scientific review offering a critical assessment of the scientific literature on the implications of two important determinants of sow and piglet welfare: housing and human contact.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Enrichment, Lactation, Housing, Maternity, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Socialization, Stress, Livestock farming system, Behavioural disorders
Published in 2023
Review of the natural behaviors of young stock from the three major dairy breeds, and of farming practices currently employed for these young animals. It lists alternative practices that can meet the expectations of the public and consumers in terms of animal welfare, as well as those of farmers on improving their profession's public image and the way their products are sold.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines
Keywords: Enrichment, Human-animal relationships, Lactation, Living environment, One Welfare, Weaning, Stress, Livestock farming system,Societal issues, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Dossier setting out the advantages and disadvantages of long lactation periods in goats and with reports from two farmers who follow this practice.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Caprines
Keywords: Lactation, Human-animal relationships,Societal issues
Published in 2022
Scientific article identifying 6 named categories and one general category of risk factors for lesions on the faces of piglets and on sow teats when no piglet teeth resection has been carried out.They are: presence or absence of teeth resection; housing system; litter size; piglet management; environmental enrichment; milk production; and other piglet management practices.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Pain, Enrichment, Lactation, Housing, Stress
Published in 2022
Report on the results of a telephone survey of 40 goat farmers who raise replacement female kids with their mothers. The perceived benefits are gains in time and ease of work, a better mother-daughter bond, better growth and health in the kids, improved welfare for the does as well as for the kids, and personal satisfaction for the farmer. However, the kids are found to be more shy, and the practice has somewhat negative economic and health impacts.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Caprines
Published in 2021
Scientific paper showing that a reduction in the period length of sow restraint during lactation reduces stress and improves the welfare of sows and their piglets and improves production with more weaned piglets and higher weights. It therefore improves the economics of pig farming.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Lactation, Housing, Maternity, Living environment, Stress, Livestock farming system,Societal issues
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