Keywords: Human-animal relationships

Animal Welfare Standards in the EU Organic Certification

Alice Di Concetto, Eugénie Duval, Benjamin Lecorps

Published in 2022

A report outlining the revisions to the EU organic certification regulations relating to animal welfare, effective from 2022. They have been extended to include new species, such as rabbits and some fish types, and additional stages of production. The report also discusses the announcement of the "EU Organic Action Plan", which aims to have converted a minimum of 25% of agricultural land to organic farming and a significant increase in organic aquaculture by 2030.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system

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Comment les consommateurs perçoivent-ils les mentions relatives au bien-être animal au moment de l'achat de produits du porc ?

Juliette Augerot, Boris Duflot, Céline Vial, Lucie Sirieix, Christine Roguet

Published in 2022

Study identifying 5 consumer profiles based on their behaviours in relation to animal-welfare labelling on pork and chicken packaging. The aim of the study is to better understand what determines their purchasing decisions in order to make adjustments to production practices in the food chain. 

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human-Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare

David J. Mellor, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Katherine E. Littlewood , Andrew N. McLean, Paul D. McGreevy, Bidda Jones, Cristina Wilkins

Published in 2020

Scientific review on the concept of the 5 domains. The first 3 domains (food, physical environment and health) concern factors that can affect an organism's internal stability, and lead to so-called "survival-critical" affects, resulting in genetically-integrated behavioral responses. The 4th domain (behavioral interactions), generates "situation-related" affects, resulting in conscious behavioral choices. All of these contribute to the 5th domain, ie the mental state of the animals.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Animal-based measurements,Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Automated recognition of pain in cats

Marcelo Feighelstein, Ilan Shimshoni, Lauren R. Finka, Stelio P. L. Luna, Daniel S. Mills, Anna Zamansky

Published in 2022

Scientific paper comparing the capabilities of two automatic recognition systems to detect different levels of pain in images of female cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy, making it possible to remain objective, and proving the real potential of such systems.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Felines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Precision farming, Human-animal relationships

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Affective State Recognition in Livestock - Artificial Intelligence Approaches

Suresh Neethirajan

Published in 2022

Scientific review of innovative methods for collecting data on the emotions of farm animals  that can be used to train artificial intelligence models to classify, quantify, and predict emotional states in pigs and cows at individual and group levels.

Document Types: Scientific review

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Human-animal relationships

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Audience effect on domestic dogs' behavioural displays and facial expressions

Giulia Pedretti, Chiara Canori, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, Rupert Palme, Annalisa Pelosi, Paola Valsecchi

Published in 2022

Scientific paper investigating facial expressions and stress levels, calculated from the salivary cortisol levels of dogs under different conditions: positive anticipation, non-social frustration and social frustration. It finds no correlation between salivary cortisol levels and these situations, but identifies facial expressions specific to positive communication with humans.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Human-animal relationships

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Behavioural and physiological indicators of shelter dogs' welfare: Reflections on the no-kill policy on free-ranging dogs in Italy revisited on the basis of 15 years of implementation

S. Cafazzo, L. Maragliano, R. Bonanni, F. Scholl, M. Guarducci, R. Scarcella, M. Di Paolo, D. Pontier, O. Lai, F. Carlevaro, E. Bucci, N. Cerini, L. Carlevaro, L. Alfieri, C. Fantini, E. Natoli

Published in 2014

Scientific paper assessing the well-being of dogs in Italian shelters, using oxidative stress and behavioural indicators. Dogs that regularly left their crates for a walk were less anxious, more sociable towards other dogs, and had higher antioxidant capacities.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Dogs are more pessimistic if their owners use two or more aversive training methods.

Rachel A. Casey, Maria Naj-Oleari, Sarah Campbell, Michael Mendl, Emily J. Blackwell

Published in 2021

Article showing that dogs trained with aversive methods may be more pessimistic and therefore have a lower level of welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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The relationship between training methods and the occurrences of behavior problems: as reported by owners, in a population of domestic dogs

Emily J. Blackwell, Caroline Twells, Anne Seawright, Rachel A. Casey

Published in 2007

Scientific article investigating the relationship between methods of dog training, attendance at different types of dog-training session, and frequency of potentially undesirable behaviour in dogs

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Risk management, Human-animal relationships

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Does Clicker Training Lead to Faster Acquisition of Behavior for Dog Owners?

Brian Burton

Published in 2020

Report showing that the effectiveness of clicker training in dogs depends on the particular behaviour you are trying to teach them.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords: Learning, training, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships

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