Subject: Food

Plant-based fructans for increased animal welfare: provision processes and remaining challenges

A. Zimmermann, C. Visscher, M. Kaltschmitt

Published in 2021

Review article on the benefits of adding fructans to feed to promote pig health and welfare

Document Types: Scientific review

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Key word:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Microbiota

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Incubation, hatchery practice and the welfare of layer hens

Greg Underwood,, Daniel Andrews, Tin Phung, Lauren E. Edwards

Published in 2021

Scientific review of the state of knowledge on management factors for chicks designed to ensure chick welfare and health.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal , Housing, Enrichment, Livestock buildings, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Effect of qualitative feed restriction in broiler breeder pullets on stress and clinical welfare indicators

Fernanda M. Tahamtani, Hengameh Moradi, Anja B. Riber

Published in 2020

Study of the effect of the qualitative feed restriction imposed by diffuse feeding on a series of welfare indicators on broiler farms at the end of the rearing period.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Enrichment, Welfare indicators

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Effect of diet on non-nutritive oral behavior performance in cattle: A systematic review

Emily E. Ridge, Margaret J. Foster, Courtney L. Daigle

Published in 2020

Preview: “Oral stereotypies are often performed by cattle as a behavioral coping mechanism. Non-nutritive oral behaviors in cattle may be caused by limited access to roughage. Non-nutritive oral behaviors may be a behavioral signal of a welfare concern in cattle, but may also be a useful behavioral proxy for rumen status.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Anxiety, Enrichment, Stress, Psychiatric disorder

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Impact of husbandry on the welfare of pet guinea pigs in the UK

Alison Wills

Published in 2020

Review of the dietary, social, environmental and veterinary factors affecting the welfare of guinea pigs in the UK.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Rodents

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Environment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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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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Common Feeding Practices Pose A Risk to the Welfare of Horses When Kept on Non-Edible Bedding

Miriam Baumgartner, Theresa Boisson, Michael H. Erhard, Margit H. Zeitler-Feicht

Published in 2020

Assessment of the welfare of horses that are fed restrictively (not ad libitum) and kept in individual housing systems. Consideration of whether the feeding behaviour of horses fed with edible bedding is different from that of horses provided with inedible bedding.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing

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Review: Assessing fish welfare in research and aquaculture, with a focus on European directives

M. Toni, A. Manciocco, E. Angiulli, E. Alleva, C. Cioni, S. Malavasi

Published in 2018

Literature review on issues related to the welfare of teleost fish in aquaculture and research. It addresses the practical factors to take into account when assessing fish welfare, rearing and care, behavioural requirements and current regulations.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Pain, Experimentation, Welfare indicators, Fear, Evolutionary processes, Livestock farming system

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Passiflora Incarnata powder extract in postweaning piglets feeding slightly improves wellbeing and immune parameters

Grazia Pastorelli, Massimo Faustini, Fabio Luzi, Veronica Redaelli, Lauretta Turin

Published in 2020

Study of the effects in weaned piglets of the inclusion of an extract of Passiflora incarnata in their feed on skin lesions, body temperature, growth performance and immunity.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Enrichment, Livestock farming system

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