Subject: Agri-food sector

Effects of Season, Plumage Colour, and Transport Distance on Body Weight Loss, Dead-on-Arrival, and Reject Rate in Commercial End-of-Lay Hens

Enver Çavuşoğlu, Metin Petek

Published in 2021

Scientific paper highlighting that time of year, plumage colour and distance travelled all influence mortality rates, weight loss and rejection rates on arrival when transporting laying hens at the end of their laying period, and should therefore be taken into account to improve their welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Carcass quality, Transport

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La « viande in vitro » : cultiver des cellules musculaires à destination alimentaire

Florent Bidaud

Published in 2021

A summary of the history of the development of in vitro meat and of the challenges and obstacles it has faced in terms of technologies, costs, public health and societal acceptability.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system

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Conclusions of the animal welfare labelling subgroup of the Commission's Animal Welfare Platform

Published in 2021

Main conclusions of the labelling subgroup of the European Commission's Animal Welfare Platform. It advocates the development of a European animal welfare label, taking into account the various existing national labelling initiatives. Pig333 reports Copa-Cogeca's reservations on the practicalities of developing such a label and makes recommendations.

Document Types: Opinions

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

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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Statistiques des labels 2021 de la PSA : tout sous label ou bien?

Protection Suisse des Animaux

Published in 2021

Article showing that Swiss consumers did not change their purchasing behaviour to support better animal welfare during the pandemic.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Australian Livestock Export Industry Workers' Attitudes toward Animal Welfare

Renee S. Willis, Leah R. Keating, Patricia A. Fleming, d Teresa Collins

Published in 2021

Article describing attitudes towards animal welfare among the various professions involved in the export of animals

Document Types: Scientific paper

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Processing

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Impact of lameness on milk yield in dairy cows in Austria - results from the Efficient-Cow-project

J Kofler, B Fürst-Waltl , M Dourakas, F Steininger, C Egger-Danner

Published in 2021

Paper evaluating the impact of lameness on milk yield and milk dry matter in the three most important dairy breeds (Fleckvieh, Braunvieh, Holstein-Friesian) of cow in Austria during lactation periods

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Pain, Risk management, Lactation, Livestock farming system

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Ten facts about sustainable food

Kim Berg

Published in 2021

Article setting out the main findings of the German government's 2021 report on nutrition in Germany. German citizens are eating less meat and taking greater account of the welfare of farm animals.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Equines, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Ruminants, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Environment, Human-animal relationships

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Animal welfare attributes in dairy production in Europe: Lessons learned from representative German consumer panel data and discrete choice analysis

Yascha Lena Koik, Holger D. Thiele, Ullrich Enneking

Published in 2019

Study to determine empirically the acceptance levels and evaluation of animal welfare in dairy production by German consumers.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Sheep welfare during transport and slaughter in Bulgaria - Impact of welfare on slaughter carcass and meat quality: a review

Nıkolay Todorov Ivanov

Published in 2020

Preview: “This overview demonstrates that improper preslaughter handling deteriorates meat quality and increases stress levels in animals.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords: Societal issues, Carcass quality, Stress, Transport

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