Published in 2023
Study on the welfare of the main fish species farmed in the European Union. It includes the state of knowledge of fish welfare and identifies gaps, the needs of fish, and farming methods that cause problems in fish welfare.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Stress, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Scientific review of different social management strategies in dairy calf rearing taking account of three animal welfare domains: biological functioning and animal health, affective states or cognitive judgment, and natural way of life. The main problems identified concern social housing with conspecifics, separation from the mother, and human-animal interactions. The authors stress the need to standardize good socialization practices for dairy calves.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Maternity, Human-animal relationships, Socialization, Stress
Published in 2023
Scientific review of alternative piglet management strategies to reduce weaning stress. These include the pre-weaning grouping of piglets from different litters and intermittent suckling. Their effects on post-weaning pig behavior, performance, mortality, gastrointestinal function and immunocompetence are described.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Aggression, Aggressivity, Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Housing, Weaning, Stress
Published in 2023
Scientific opinion identifying the most common farming systems in the European Union for each species and category of animal. It describes and assesses the welfare consequences for each species of the following factors: restriction of movement, injury, group stress, inability to adopt comfort behavior, inability to adopt exploratory or foraging behavior and inability to express maternal behavior. It provides recommendations on how to predict negative welfare consequences using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements,Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Pain, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2023
EFSA opinion identifying the main types of housing for dairy cows in Europe and, for each, the main strengths, weaknesses and risks likely to reduce animal welfare. It examines five specific negative welfare consequences: locomotor disorders, mastitis, restricted movement and resting problems, inability to adopt comfort behavior and metabolic disorders. It also analyzes a set of farm characteristics that could be used to classify the level of welfare on farms.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements,Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Pain, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Technical dossier published by Cniel and Idele on ways to combat solar radiation and ensure thermal comfort for dairy cows in summer.
Document Types: Technical review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Housing, Living environment
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the European Commission's plans to provide financial support for the installation of free-range accommodation for sows, and on the introduction of mirror clauses to protect European livestock farmers from competition from third countries with less stringent animal welfare standards.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on whether the European Commission will ban imports into the EU of poultry raised in cages and in sub-standard conditions.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Enrichment, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system,Societal issues
Published in 2023
Scientific article studying the effects of average hutch size and access to an exercise area on the welfare of pet rabbits kept in pairs. It concludes that pet rabbits should be given the freedom to exercise throughout the day, and that hutches of 0.75 m2 are insufficient in size to ensure the welfare of a pair of pet rabbits.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Exotic pets
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Results-based key welfare indicator guide for turkeys
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Carcass quality, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system, Transport
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