Published in 2023
Article using machine and deep learning techniques to analyze changes in goldfish behavior following changes in environmental parameters (water temperature and dissolved oxygen).
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Enrichment, Living environment, Stress
Published in 2023
Scientific review emphasising that poultry have varied and well-developed senses, that they interact with each other, that they are capable of learning, and that they have a much wider repertoire of cognitive skills than is often assumed.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Learning, training, Enrichment, Memory, Living environment, Cognitive processes
Published in 2023
Presentation of the 6 objectives that make up the cattle welfare strategy designed by Ruminant Health & Welfare in conjunction with the entire British cattle industry.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Ovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Living environment, livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the lack of regulation of heating spotlights emitting UV-A/B radiation, used for breeding and keeping exotic animals.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Wildlife, NAC, Reptiles
Keywords:Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Stress
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
Published in 2023
Scientific review exploring the concept of quality of life as it applies to animals, assessment indicators and methods appropriate in a zoo setting, and the importance of taking quality of life into account at all stages of life, whatever the species.
Document Types: Scientific review
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
Published in 2023
Article on the development and testing of a specific protocol for measuring the welfare of horses known to be reared in either extensive or confined systems, and assessing whether the welfare indicators selected for it were influenced by the type of system (extensive or confined).
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Mercy for Animals' 3rd International Cage-Free Equity Index of commitment by companies. The index ranks 40 food companies on their commitment to sourcing cage-free eggs, and on the transparency of their communication on progress. Carrefour, Groupe Casino and Sodexo appear at the bottom of the ranking.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Enrichment, Housing, Living environment,Societal issues, livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Scientific article on the development of a brain-machine interface to study rats' abilities to voluntarily navigate and direct objects in a virtual reality arena, solely by activating and sustaining appropriate hippocampal representations of remote locations.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Rodents
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Learning, training, Consciousness, Brain integration, Living environment, Modelling
Published in 2023
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories:Cattle, Poultry
Keywords: Euthanasia, Human-animal relationships, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation,Societal issues, Transport, Welfare indicators
