Keywords: Stress

Heat stress: Implications of hyperthermia and physiology of layer hens

Roberto Montanhini Neto

Published in 2024

Article describing the effects of heat stress on the feeding behavior, physiology and metabolism of laying hens, particularly oxidative stress. It sets out the benefits of phytogenic feeds in mitigating the adverse effects of high heat on the welfare and production of laying hens.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Resilience, Robustness, Stress

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°8789 : Situation préoccupante des organisations de protection animale

Question: Mrs Josy Poueyto (Démocrate (MoDem et Indépendants) - Pyrénées-Atlantiques). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on the effects of inflation on pet owners. It asked about the possibility of government measures to provide financial support to associations in view of the increase in the number of abandoned pets. It also asked whether veterinary fees could be fixed and  veterinary medicines made more widely available.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Maltreatment, One Welfare, Human-Animal Relationships, Societal Issues, Risk Management, Stress

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°10274 : Exploitation des animaux domestiques dans les spectacles itinérants

Question: Mrs Anne-Laurence Petel (Renaissance - Bouches-du-Rhône). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on whether the French Government plans to pursue the legislative changes initiated by the Law of November 30, 2021 by prohibiting the exploitation of domestic animals in traveling shows.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Dogs, Goats, Equines, Birds (excluding poultry)

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Final report of an audit of Ireland carried out from 7 to 17 June 2022 in order to evaluate the protection of unweaned calves during long journeys

DG SANTE

Published in 2023

DG SANTE audit report concluding that Ireland has invested significant resources in official controls for calf welfare during transport, although there are still some weakness, on which it offers recommendations.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Stress, Transport

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°11685 : Conditions de transport des animaux vivants sur de longues distances

Question: Mr Jorys Bovet (Rassemblement National - Allier). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Answer to a question concerning the measures taken to control the conditions under which animals are transported over long distances and those that France intends to put forward to improve these conditions when the European regulation on the subject undegoes revision.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Primates, Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Stress, Transport

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Gut Microbiome Characteristics Of Horses With History Of Cribbing Behavior: An Observational Study

Ana Margarita Arias-Esquivel, Kwang Cheol Jeong, Peixin Fan, Jill Lance, Sally DeNotta, Carissa Wickens

Published in 2023

Scientific article to assess whether the composition of the gastrointestinal microbiota differs in horses receiving a gastric health support supplement or a placebo on the one hand, and between "cribbing" or "non-cribbing" horses on the other. No difference was observed, however, a link was established between cribbing and fecal microbiota composition.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Microbiota, Stress, Behavioural disorders

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Pain Assessment in Goat Kids: Focus on Disbudding

Kavitha Kongara, Preet Singh, Dinakaran Venkatachalam, John Paul Chambers

Published in 2023

Scientific review of pain assessment in kids after disbudding, using physiological and behavioral measures

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Caprines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°5244 : Souffrance des chiens vivant attachés en permanence

Question: Ms Yaël Menache (Rassemblement National - Somme). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2024

Answer to a question on adapting the decree of October 25, 1982 on the breeding, keeping and possession of animals to improve living conditions for tethered dogs.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Maltreatment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Animal Welfare Committee: opinion on alternatives to culling newly hatched chicks in the egg and poultry industry

Animal Welfare Committtee (UK)

Published in 2023

Report on technologies with the potential to help end the culling of newly hatched male chicks. It identifies the possible risks to welfare posed by their use, and puts forward alternative  ideas and views on the matter.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Euthanasia, Welfare indicators, Societal issues, Stress

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Does the provision of live black soldier fly and yellow mealworm larvae improve Muscovy duck welfare?

Marta Gariglio, Sihem Dabbou, Manuela Renna, Ilaria Biasato, Sara Bellezza Oddon, Marco Meneguz, Raul Daniel Miazzo, Stefania Bergagna, Elena Colombino, Elisabetta Macchi, Achille Schiavone

Published in 2023

Scientific paper evaluating the effect of fly larvae and mealworm-based feed enrichment on physiological and behavioral indicators of stress and aggression in Muscovy ducks, and on their growth performance.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Aggression, Aggressiveness, Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Stress

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