Published in 2024
Scientific article showing that offering chicks and juveniles a choice between different types of litter and perches has positive short- and long-term effects on the emotional state and physical condition of laying hens.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Livestock buildings, Enrichment, Housing, Behavioural disorders
Published in 2024
An MEP has questioned the European Commission on the abandonment of its plans to revise animal welfare legislation to include a ban on cage farming. According to a survey, MEPs are being encouraged to resist pressure from NGOs. The MEP questions the European Commission on this subject.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Pigs, Poultry
Keywords:Livestock buildings, Housing, Restraint equipment
Published in 2024
Scientific impact study on the economic consequences of banning farrowing crates on EU pig farms. Despite improvements in sow welfare, the study shows increases in production costs, piglet mortality rates and risks to employees. Financial assistance and a transition period should be considered to help farms switch to the new systems.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Livestock buildings, Housing, Restraint equipment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Answer to a question on the postponement of the planned revision of European animal welfare regulations and of the possible ban on the caging of farm animals promised by the European Commission in response to the End the Cage Age European citizen's initiative.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Livestock buildings, Housing, Livestock farming system
Published in 2024
Scientific article reporting that hens with access to elevated platforms during the rearing phase make better use of the space in laying aviaries when they are first transferred there than those reared on the ground. The latter acclimatize within 1-2 weeks, but continue to make little use of the highest level of the aviary.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Livestock buildings
Published in 2023
Update of a guide originally published in 2012 by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on the laws and regulations protecting farm animals at shows and markets, with particular reference to compliance rules for pens, cages and hutches.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Animal trade, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Scientific review of the value of raised platforms for the improvement of pig welfare. It discusses different platform and ramp designs, a pig's biological ability to use them, the advantages and disadvantages for pigs and farmers, and methods used to evaluate the effects of platforms on pigs.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing
Published in 2023
Text of the decision to reject the petition filed by 9 animal protection associations to partially disapply the Decree of December 15, 2021, with regard to its interpretation of the concept of redevelopment as it applies to buildings used to rear laying hens in cages.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Livestock buildings, Housing
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 article evaluating a generic welfare assessment method for different animals in the same zoo. It reveals that Mammals received the highest welfare scores and their assessment questionnaires were completed most fully. This led the authors to modify their assessment tool to take better account of all the taxa present in the zoo.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships
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