Keywords : Housing

Effect of Providing Environmental Enrichment into Aviary House on the Welfare of Laying Hens

Jiseon Son, Woo-Do Lee, Hee-Jin Kim, Bo-Seok Kang, Hwan-Ku Kang

Published in 2022

Scientific paper showing that enriching the environment of laying hens by providing pumice stone or alfalfa hay reduces stress and improves production, but does not reduce pecking behaviours.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Stress

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Purchasing Habits, Sustainability Perceptions, and Welfare Concerns of Italian Consumers Regarding Rabbit Meat

Stefania Crovato, Anna Pinto, Guido Di Martino, Giulia Mascarello , Valentina Rizzoli, Silvia Marcolin, Licia Ravarotto

Published in 2022

Scientific paper to determine consumer perceptions of rabbit meat in order to promote this sector to Italian consumers. Provision of information on the limited use of antibiotics and the absence of animal suffering are the two main motivating  factors for purchasers. Cage farming is not looked on favourably.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Keywords:Antibiotic resistance, Pain, Societal issues, Housing

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The Relationships between Damaging Behaviours and Health in Laying Hens

Virginie Michel, Jutta Berk, Nadya Bozakova, Jerine van der Eijk, Inma Estevez, Teodora Mircheva, Renata Relic, T. Bas Rodenburg, Evangelia N. Sossidou, Maryse Guinebretière

Published in 2022

Scientific review of the detrimental behaviours and health risks that can result from sub-optimal housing and/or rearing conditions in systems offering an alternative to cages for laying hens. Due to the increased social interaction, the risk of harmful behaviours and infectious diseases is increased. Preventive monitoring of the behaviour and health of hens is therefore needed.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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Positive Effects of Elevated Platforms and Straw Bales on the Welfare of Fast-Growing Broiler Chickens Reared at Two Different Stocking Densities

Frédérique Mocz, Virginie Michel, Mathilde Janvrot, Jean-Philippe Moysan, Alassane Keita, Anja B. Riber, Maryse Guinebretière

Published in 2022

Scientific paper to evaluate the welfare benefits of raised beds and straw bales for fast-growing broilers as a function of stocking density. It confirms that environmental enrichment improves welfare at all stocking densities, and that reducing stocking density is a powerful lever for improving welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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Risk factors associated with the welfare of grazing dairy cows in spring-calving, hybrid pasture-based systems

R.E. Crossley, E.A.M. Bokkers, N. Browne, K. Sugrue, E. Kennedy, B. Engel, M. Conneely

Published in 2022

Scientific paper identifying 14 risk factors associated with one or more welfare indicators during the grazing season on hybrid dairy farms. Many of the risk factors were related to the period spent indoors, suggesting that the potential effects of housing management on welfare persist into the grazing period.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Risk management, Housing, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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Increasing Shelter Cat Welfare Through Enrichment: A Review

Bridgette Houser, Kristyn R. Vitale

Published in 2022

Scientific review of types and uses of environmental enrichment for shelter cats to promote natural behaviours, reduce stress and improve welfare. Sensory, dietary, physical, and social enrichments are studied and evaluated to determine cats' preferences among enrichment stimuli.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Felines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Resilience, Stress

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Assemblée nationale : Réponse écrite à la question n°22563 : Elevage des poules en cage

Question: Typhanie Degois (La République en Marche - Savoie). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on whether the Government intends to set a deadline for banning the cage-rearing of laying hens in France and its replacement by alternative systems.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Societal issues, Housing

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Stocking density: a clue for improving social behavior, welfare, health indices along with productivity performances of quail (Coturnix coturnix)

Mohamed I. El Sabry, Saber S. A. Hassan, Manal M. Zaki, Farid K. R. Stino

Published in 2022

Scientific review of the benefits of and global market for quail products, factors affecting the stocking density of quail on farms, and the effects of stocking density and housing systems on the social behaviour, welfare, physiological and performance indicators of broiler and layer quail.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Animal-based measures, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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Linking Animal Welfare and Antibiotic Use in Pig Farming – A Review

Rita Albernaz-Gonçalves, Gabriela Olmos Antillón, Maria José Hötzel

Published in 2022

Scientific review of ways to reduce the use of antibiotics in pig farming, especially for prophylactic purposes or to promote growth, while reducing the housing and husbandry stressors that can increase the vulnerability of animals to disease and decrease their quality of life.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Antibiotic resistance, Housing, Societal issues, Stress

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The Welfare Status of Hens in Different Housing Systems – A Review

Ewa Sosnówka-Czajka, Iwona Skomorucha, Eugeniusz Herbut

Published in 2021

Scientific review of the advantages and disadvantages of different chicken production systems in terms of animal welfare, showing that all systems, even if they take animal welfare into account, affect the behaviour, health and productivity of the birds to different degrees.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Welfare indicators, Housing, Human-animal relationships

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