Published in 2024
Scientific article showing that heat stress generated by intense heat waves increases activity in dairy cows and compromises milk production, resting time and milk quality.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Welfare indicators, Lactation, Robustness, Stress
Published in 2024
Review of scientific articles describing the advantages and disadvantages of the use of technology on dairy farms. Most articles report an improvement in animal welfare thanks to the technology studied, but the authors of the review are concerned over a possible lack of objectivity, suggesting that future studies should endeavor to address both potential advantages and disadvantages.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Livestock buildings, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Lactation
Published in 2023
Scientific article developing a method that uses information from experts to quantify the perceived impact of sub-optimal mobility on the welfare of dairy cows. The wider objective is to quantify the impact of health disorders on animal welfare, and to detect and treat these disorders as early as possible in order to improve animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Living environment, Modelling, Human-animal relationships
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
Published in 2023
Scientific article examining the commercial discourse of the livestock industry on the living conditions of farm animals. The authors conceptualize this messaging, argue that it is misleading, and suggest ways to restrict and defuse this misleading nature, notably through regulation.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Scientific review of scientific assessments of the impact of castration on cattle welfare, including pain and injury, stress, inflammation, effects on the immune system and on production levels. It describes the different methods of castration, the pain responses associated with each, and how age and pain mitigation strategies affect these responses.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Pain, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2023
Report listing those animal-based measures that the AHAW network considers useful to record and monitor in abattoirs as a means to assess the on-farm welfare of cattle. The information contained in this report will be used to draw up EFSA's scientific opinion on the welfare of cattle on farm, due in 2025.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators, Carcass quality, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Master's report on the attitudes and interests of abattoirs and the main stakeholders in the Swedish livestock industry regarding the establishment of or increase in the use of on-farm slaughtering and emergency on-farm slaughtering.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Scientific review of the physical and psychological stressors involved in road transport for cattle of all ages, and the consequences of transport-related stress on animal welfare, health and performance.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport
Published in 2023
Scientific article seeking the views of veterinarians and zootechnicians on concerns over the welfare of cattle expressed by members of the public and on how public opinion should be taken into account when developing ways to improve welfare. Those interviewed consider the general public to lack knowledge of livestock farming and believe that its members need to be educated in order to gain a better understanding of the issues. They could contribute to improving welfare by paying higher prices for animal products.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
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