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Welcome to the scientific and technical resource
platform
of the FRCAW

The reference documents on animal welfare available from this hub have been selected by the expert members of the FRCAW steering committee.

The hub provides access to various types of document covering all the sectors and species that fall within the FRCAW's remit: 

  • scientific documents that have been subject to an independent peer-review process, including expert opinions, articles, longer works, overviews and reviews
  • regulatory documents and certifications
  • technical documents resulting from technical research - articles, guides to good practice, books, reviews

The default setting for results is by date of publication (newest to oldest). 

This platform is regularly updated.

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Total: 942 documents on the resource platform

Rencontre BEA au Salon International de l’Agriculture 2023 : Révision de la réglementation sur le bien-être animal : des initiatives françaises à porter à l’Europe – présentations des intervenants

FRCAW

Published in 2023

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A method for calculating the external costs of farm animal welfare based on the Welfare Quality® Protocol

Luuk S. M. Vissers, Coen P. A. van Wagenberg, Willy H. M. Baltussen

Published in 2023

This article presents a method for estimating the external costs of farm animal welfare, to help decision-making in the development and adoption of more welfare-friendly production systems. It includes the calculation of a relationship between the animal welfare score and the costs of animal welfare measures on the farm. It has been tested and validated on a dairy cattle farm, a pig farm and a poultry farm.

Document types : Scientific paper

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

Key word: Modeling, One Welfare, Societal issues

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A six-step process to explore facial expressions performances to detect pain in dairy cows with lipopolysaccharide-induced clinical mastitis

L. Ginger, L. Aubé, D. Ledoux, M. Borot, C. David, M. Bouchon, M. Leach, D. Durand, A. de Boyer des Roches

Published in 2023

Study identifying 7 facial action units from the orbital and auricular regions and from the mouth and muzzle for detecting mild pain associated with induced inflammatory mastitis in dairy cows. It uses a six-step process including expression, selectivity, intra- and inter-observer reliability and measurement error (specificity and sensitivity).

Document types : Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Pain, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Advancing the quantitative characterization of farm animal welfare

Harriet Bartlett, Andrew Balmford, Mark A. Holmes, James L. N. Wood

Published in 2023

Paper developing welfare indicators for use in life cycle assessment (LCA) and different ways of aggregating them, then testing them on British pig farms. It shows that farms in the same LCA class have the same types of quality labels, and that the details of the way in which LCA welfare measures are established have little impact on the classification of farms based on their welfare levels.

Document types : Scientific paper

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

Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurements, Environment, Welfare indicators, Living environment

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Analysis of Various Facial Expressions of Horses as a Welfare Indicator Using Deep Learning

Su Min Kim, Gil Jae Cho

Published in 2023

Article using deep learning to identify various facial expressions that can be used as indicators of well-being in horses. It proposes a model for automatic recognition of facial expressions including eyes, nose and ears to distinguish horses in various situations: at rest, in pain, immediately after exercise and being shod.

Document types : Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Animal-based measurement, Castration, Pain, Precision breeding, Welfare indicator, Sterilization

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