Keywords: Stress

The welfare of dogs and cats during transport in Europe: a literature review

Alessandra Tateo, Leonardo Nanni Costa, Barbara Padalino

Published in 2022

Scientific review summarising the European regulations on the welfare of dogs and cats during transport, documenting the negative effects of transport, and suggesting how to mitigate the latter using a scientific evidence base.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress, Transport

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Humans and Goats: Improving Knowledge for a Better Relationship

Stefania Celozzi, Monica Battini, Emanuela Prato-Previde, Silvana Mattiello

Published in 2022

Scientific review of human-goat relationships, discussing how they communicate, what factors affect their relationship, and what factors affect human-goat interactions.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Caprines

Keywords: Human-animal relationships, Stress,Welfare indicators

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Music modulates emotional responses in growing pigs

Juliana Zapata Cardona, Maria Camila Ceballos, Ariel Marcel Tarazona Morales, Edimer David Jaramillo, Berardo de Jesús Rodríguez

Published in 2022

Scientific paper showing that piglets have increased emotional responses when listening to music and different affective states depending on the harmonic structure of the music. Music could therefore be used as a form of environmental enrichment.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Cognitive processes, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Comparing the pathology of equine stereotypical behaviours to obsessive-compulsive and related disorder in humans: An exploratory Delphi study

Stephanie Megan Plato

Published in 2022

Scientific paper using a Delphi method to compare equine stereotypic behaviour (ESC) and human OCD looking at neurological, etiological and behavioural aspects, causal factors and welfare effects. It identifies the advantages and disadvantages of having ESCs recognised as OCDs.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Anxiety, Enrichment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators

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European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2022 on the Implementation Report on On-Farm Animal Welfare

European Parliament

Published in 2022

Text of the resolution adopted by the European Parliament to support animal welfare on farms. It will serve as the basis for the development of new EU rules in this area.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords:Societal issues, Livestock farming system, Stress, 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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French Senate: Written answer to question n° 25413: Respect du bien-être animal dans les abattoirs

Question: Hugues Saury (Loiret - Les Républicains). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the claims of non-compliance made in a video of the association L214 in an abattoir in Saône-et-Loire and on whether the French Government might be willing to regularise the sanctions observed.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords: Anxiety, Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Fear, Stress

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Sustainable Farming Incentive: how the scheme will work in 2022

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Published in 2021

UK Government document setting out the practical details of  the measures in its Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme. Farmers will be paid more for provision of a number of public benefits, including animal health and welfare.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords: Environment, Human-animal relationships,Societal issues, Stress

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Insect proteins offer health, welfare benefits to poultry

Elisabeth Doughman

Published in 2022

Article on the nutritional, environmental enrichment and leg-health benefits of insect protein for poultry. A research centre has been established in Texas to investigate the sustainable production of insect proteins for human food and animal feed.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Enrichment, Stress

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Les larves d’insectes activent les poulets

Eva Pampouille

Published in 2022

This article presents the results of a PINHS research project demonstrating that feeding black soldier fly larvae to Ross 308 broilers increases their activity levels at feeding time and their feed efficiency without affecting their performance or health status. However, this type of enrichment is currently too expensive.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Enrichment, Stress

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