Keywords: Behavioural disorders

Answer to a parliamentary question on the need to draw up a common European plan to make dog training courses compulsory, with the issue of an ownership permit for owners of the most aggressive dogs.

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.

Scientific article comparing two common procedures to evaluate human attention as a means of reinforcing dog behaviors.

Scientific review offering a critical assessment of the scientific literature on the implications of two important determinants of sow and piglet welfare: housing and human contact.

Scientific review of the scientific basis for the most common approaches to determining minimum space allowances for growing pigs. It examines the various factors that influence and interact with their spatial requirements. It stresses the need for further research replicating commercial conditions to ensure that recommendations deliver positive welfare outcomes in a way that is both practical and relevant.

Scientific review on the importance of including ways to measure animal welfare indicators during behavioral interventions for dogs so that the animal's feelings can be better taken into account and to make these interventions more acceptable to animals and owners.

Scientific article proposing three models, including conditioned reinforcement, to study the complex relationships between environments, innate predispositions and learning in captive animals, which can lead to the development of stereotypies.

Answer to a question about the responsibility of the European Commission regarding the mistreatment of wild animals in circuses and whether it intends to intervene to push for a ban on their use in the last 4 European countries that still allow it, namely Germany, France, Italy and Spain.