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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: 1038 documents on the resource platform

Rencontre animal welfare 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 literature review of broiler chicken welfare, husbandry, and assessment

Cara Helena Wilcox, Victoria Sandilands, Novi Mayasari, Indrawati Yudha Asmara, Asep Anang

Published in 2023

Scientific review examining the main commercial broiler farming systems in Indonesia, looking at assessment methods, indicators, main welfare problems, and opportunities for improvement.

Document types : Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Human-animal relationship, Pain, Welfare indicators

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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 to estimate the external costs of farm animal welfare and thereby help decision-making for the development and adoption of more welfare-friendly production systems. It includes  a calculation for the relationship between animal welfare scores and the costs of animal welfare measures on farms. 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

Keywords: Modeling, One Welfare, Societal issues

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A review of thermal stress in cattle

R W Shephard, S K Maloney

Published in 2023

Scientific review summarizing the behavioral and physiological controls used by cattle to manage heat exchange by radiation, convection, conduction and evaporation between the body and the environment, and thus regulate their temperature in hot conditions.

Document types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Animal adaptation to environment, Living environment, Resilience, Robustness, Stress

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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 taken from the eye and ear regions and from the mouth and muzzle for the detection of mild pain associated with induced inflammatory mastitis in dairy cows. It uses a six-step process that incorporates 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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