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
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the existing scientific data on the welfare of Peking ducks in farming, and the need for research on the subject, in order to be able to propose welfare standards for this species, which is farmed extensively throughout the world.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measures, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
Published in 2022
Scientific review of the benefits of and global market for quail products, factors affecting the stocking density of quail on farms, and the effects of stocking density and housing systems on the social behaviour, welfare, physiological and performance indicators of broiler and layer quail.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measures, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
Published in 2022
Scientific paper comparing the animal welfare and parasite loads in dairy cows between groups reared organically and conventionally, finding no significant differences for either criterion, despite the fact that organic farms carried out no treatments for parasites.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Livestock farming system
Published in 2017
Standards developed by the RSPCA for the rearing, handling, transport and slaughter/killing of broilers, based on UK legislation, scientific findings, recommendations from veterinarians and the Farm Animal Welfare Committee, and the experience of livestock professionals.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Enrichment, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system,Societal issues
Published in 2022
The 4th annual Ifop poll for 30 millions d'amis shows that the French public believes that the government measures on animal welfare set out in the law against animal suffering lack ambition, and that politicians do not pay sufficient attention to this issue. It shows strong support for bans on any situation likely to cause animal suffering, and for measures to be taken to reduce stress in livestock at slaughter.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2022
Presentation of the results of an AHDB survey, demonstrating that animal welfare is a growing concern for British consumers. However, the latter are not prepared to pay more for their meat because they overestimate the quality of welfare conditions on British farms,. They are nevertheless increasingly aware of the health problems associated with farming practices.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2020
White paper compiling the published scientific evidence on violations of broiler-chicken welfare in intensive farming in the EU and the UK.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Technical instruction listing existing training that is now recognised as being of an acceptable standard to qualify animal welfare advisors in pig and poultry farming, being part of the framework for the implementation of the French ministerial decree on such training.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Resilience, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the various precision farming systems that can be used to manage the needs, health and monitoring of grazing livestock, allowing any threat to care plans or welfare to be quickly remedied.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Livestock farming system
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