Published in 2021
Scientific review of issues that affect the treatment and management of laminitis in donkeys compared to horses, highlighting the differences in use, behaviour and anatomy that call for a different approach.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Pain, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the harmful effects of oestrogens on animal health and welfare (feminisation, reproductive disorders, physiological disturbances, disruption of programmed cell death, development of tumours). It concludes that there is a lack of scientific data on animals as compared to humans.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Mammals
Keywords:Environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Answer to a question on how the European Commission would respond to the introduction of a subsidy for sheep shearing in Ireland, given that Irish farmers are choosing not to shear because it is not economically viable, despite the fact that shearing is necessary for animal welfare.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Ovines
Keywords:Societal issues, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific article presenting a method of designing breeding and rearing systems that takes into account the animal as a subject, in order to improve animal welfare. Giving an animal the opportunity to influence its environment through choices and decision making according to its own preferences allows the animal to have positive experiences. The aim of the method is to create a mutually beneficial relationship between human goals and animal welfare in future breeding and rearing systems.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
A scientific paper to identify the challenges and solutions involved in improving lumpfish welfare in salmon farming using a Delphi method with stakeholders in the fish-farming sector. Respondents identified 5 behavioural and 12 physical indicators that were useful. However, lumpfish and salmon have very different behavioural and physiological needs, so the welfare standards of one species are not appropriate for the other.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Consciousness, Pain, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific paper testing out various combinations of changes to elements of the Dutch broiler rearing system that might satisfy EU and consumer expectations in terms of environmental protection and animal welfare, while safeguarding the incomes of farmers. Those combinations that included animal welfare changes (lower stocking density, enrichment and/or daylight), tube heaters to reduce NH3 emissions and use of an ionisation technique to reduce fine particle emissions gave the best results.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Enrichment, Environment, Housing, Living environment,Livestock farming system,Societal issues
Published in 2021
Systematic review of the scientific literature on the comparison of welfare indicators, including emotional status, natural behaviour and health of tethered and loose-housed cows. It shows differences in the prevalence of some diseases between the two types of housing and changes to some natural behaviours in tethered housing. There is insufficient data on the emotional state of the animals.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
Opinion of the four French scientific academies on the implementation of the One Health principle, concluding that progress has been limited and that human and veterinary medicine and research operate in silos. It recommends that closer ties should be created between the human and animal health professional sectors.
Document Types: Opinions
Keywords:Environment, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Answer to a parliamentary question on whether the French Government intends to regulate the conditions under which farmed fish are reared to ensure their welfare
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Answer to a parliamentary question on the measures the Ministry of Agriculture intends to take to improve the living conditions of farmed fish.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system
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