Species : Multiple species

Le bien-être des poissons vu par la recherche et par la filière piscicole

Gautier Riberolles

Published in 2020

Interview on fish welfare with the director of CIPA (French interprofessional committee on aquaculture products) conducted by a researcher in ethology at INRAE.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Stress, Breeding and rearing systems

Access the source: Fish Welfare from the Perspectives of Research and the Aquaculture Industry

Protection of Animals during Transport: Analysis of the Infringements Reported from 2009 to 2013 during On-Road Inspections in Italy

Barbara Padalino, Roberta Barrasso, Daniele Tullio, Martina Zappaterra, Leonardo Nanni Costa, Giancarlo Bozzo

Published in 2020

Analysis of the annual reports sent by the Italian State to Europe on regulatory checks carried out on vehicles for the transport of live animals with information on the nature of recorded infringements.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Keywords: Societal issues, Stress, Transport

Access the source: Protection of Animals during Transport: Analysis of Infractions Reported from 2009 to 2013 During On-Road Inspections in Italy

Business benchmark on farm animal welfare 2019: “perfect storm” for accelerating food company action on farm animal welfare

Amanda Williams

Published in 2020

8th annual report on political commitment, performance and provision of information relating to animal welfare in 150 international agri-food companies.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

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

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

Access the source: 2019 Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare: “Perfect Storm” for Accelerating Food Companies’ Action on Farm Animal Welfare

Conclusions du Conseil sur le bien-être animal, partie intégrante d’une production animale durable

General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

Published in 2019

An invitation from the Council to the Commission to develop a new EU strategy for the protection and welfare of animals, and to the Commission and Member States to engage in communications and public education on the essential role of animal welfare in promoting animal health, food safety and the sustainability of the agri-food sector.

Document Types: Opinions

Keywords: Societal issues

Access the source: Council Conclusions on “ animal welfare,” an integral part of sustainable livestock production

GroupHouseNet: four years of EU-wide collaboration on tail docking solutions

Irene Camerlink, Kristine Hov-Martinsen, Torunn Aasmundstad, Andrew Janczak and Bas Rodenburg

Published in 2020

Activity Review of the European COST programme "GroupHouseNet", aimed at reducing the incidence of harmful behaviour in animals kept in groups by refining genetic selection methods and developing breeding innovations to improve living conditions at the beginning and end of the animal's life.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Enrichment, Stress, Livestock farming system

Access the source: GroupHouseNet: Four Years of EU-Wide Collaboration on Tail-Docking Solutions

Parlement européen: Réponse écrite à la question E-004033/2019 : Mercosur, animal welfare and climate change objectives

Question: Harald Vilimsky. Answer: Mr Hogan on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2020

Question relating to the difficulties in monitoring animal welfare in the Mercosur countries although the agreement permits the import of animals from these countries.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords: Societal issues

Access the source: European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-004033/2019: Mercosur, animal welfare, and climate change objectives

A review of traditional and machine learning methods applied to animal breeding

Shadi Nayeri, Mehdi Sargolzae, Dan Tulpan

Published in 2019

A review of traditional and new precautionary methods currently used in livestock farming, of their success and of the future of this field in the new era of digital agriculture.

Document Types: Scientific review

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

Keywords: Precision farming, Modelling, Livestock farming system

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Prioritization of Farm Animal Welfare Issues Using Expert Consensus

Fiona C. Rioja-Lang, Melanie Connor, Heather J. Bacon, Alistair B. Lawrence, Cathy M. Dwyer

Published in 2020

Collection of expert opinions on the most urgent welfare issues for British farmed livestock

Document Types: Scientific paper

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords: Societal issues, Risk management

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Cattle lameness detection with accelerometers

N.W.O'Leary, D.T.Byrne, A.H.O'Connor, L.Shalloo

Published in 2020

Preview: “Locomotion scoring is time consuming and is not commonly completed on farms. Farmers also underestimate their herds' lameness prevalence, a knowledge gap that impedes lameness management. Automation of lameness detection could address this knowledge gap and facilitate improved lameness management. The literature pertinent to adding lameness detection to accelerometers is reviewed in this paper.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Modelling, Livestock farming system

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ACCEPT – Acceptabilité des élevages par la société en France : cartographie des controverses, mobilisations collectives et prospective

Roguet C., Delanoue E., Dockès A.-C., Magdelaine P., van Tilbeurgh V., Grannec M.-L.

Published in 2020

Data on controversies surrounding livestock systems and practices, quantification of the reach of debates within the French population and typology of the French public's views

Document Types: Scientific paper

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

Access the source: ACCEPT – Societal Acceptance of Livestock Farming in France: Mapping Controversies, Collective Mobilization, and Future Prospects