Keywords: Living environment

Assemblée nationale : Réponse écrite à la question n°QE 23425 : Elevage des poules en cage

Question: Jacques Marilossian (La République en Marche - Hauts-de-Seine ). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2020

Question as to whether the Minister of Agriculture intends to set a deadline for the ban on the rearing of laying hens in France

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Housing, Living environment

Being sustainable doesn’t equate to a free pass on animal welfare

The Poultry Site

Published in 2020

Discussion of the link between sustainable farming and respect for animal welfare standards in poultry farming

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Breeding and rearing systems

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Un bloc naissage de 230 truies qui associe bien-être et biosécurité

Pig success

Published in 2020

Description of a new farrowing block, including project design, cost, and animal welfare and health benefits

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Livestock buildings, Environment, Lactation, Housing, Maternity, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Minimal Effects of Rearing Enrichments on Pullet Behaviour and Welfare

Dana L.M. Campbell, Priscilla F. Gerber, Jeff A. Downing, Caroline Lee

Published in 2020

Testing the effect of environmental enrichment for free-range pullets kept indoors on the behavioural and physical development of the birds, with a view to facilitating their adaptation to the outside environment as adults.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Poultry

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

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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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Mise en œuvre d’une expérimentation sur les inspections en santé et protection animales en filière porcine

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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Un bâtiment dynamique avec jardin d’hiver en dindes

Armalle Puybasset

Published in 2020

Description of a poultry house with a winter garden, of associated necessary changes to rearing methods and overview of turkey welfare. 

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal,  Livestock buildings, Environment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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The Trade-Off Between Chicken Welfare and Public Health Risks in Poultry Husbandry: Significance of Moral Convictions

M. van Asselt, E. D. Ekkel, B. Kemp, E. N. Stassen

Published in 2019

Survey of poultry farmers and the general public on their perceptions of the dilemma: is it better to improve the welfare of poultry through outdoor systems or to protect public health (there are more health risks associated with outdoor systems)?

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Environment, Risk management, Housing, Living environment

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Uninhibited chickens: ranging behaviour impacts motor self-regulation in free-range broiler chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Vitor Hugo Bessa Ferreira, Lorène Reiter, Karine Germain, Ludovic Calandreau, Vanessa Guesdon

Published in 2020

Testing the influence of individual behavioural differences in free-range chickens on cognitive performance: relationship between exploratory tendencies and motor self-regulation.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Learning, training, Experimentation, Living environment, Cognitive processes

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Free-range laying hens: using technology to show the dynamics and impact of hen movement

I. Ruhnke, J. Boshoff, I. V. Cristiani, D. Schneider, M. Welch, T. Z. Sibanda, M. Kolakshyapati

Published in 2019

Study of the dynamics and impact of hen movements in free-range systems along with strategies to improve the management of free-range laying hens

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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