Thematics: One Welfare

Améliorer le bien-être des animaux d’élevage est-il toujours bénéfique pour l’environnement ?

Luc Mounier, Amandine Rave

Published in 2026

Review starting from the "One Health" principle, which aims to reconcile animal welfare, human health, and environmental protection. Tensions may exist between these objectives.

Document types: Technical documents

Animal categories: All animals

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Relationships between farmer well-being and the welfare of their animals: A One Welfare scoping review

Levallois P, Buczinski S, Desmarchelier M, Lupien S, Robichaud MV.

Published in 2026

Review demonstrating that farmers' welfare is strongly and positively linked to that of their animals. It supports the "One Welfare" approach, which works to achieve a combined on-farm benefit for both animal and human welfare. 

Document Types: Scientific review

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

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Bien-être animal : avancées scientifiques et innovations pour des systèmes d’élevage durables

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Published in 2026

Special issue of INRAE Productions Animales featuring ten articles on scientific advances and technological innovations to develop sustainable livestock farming systems that incorporate animal welfare

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

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Human-animal relations in regenerative ranching: implications for animal welfare

Matías Hargreaves-Méndez, Ethan Gordon, Hannah Gosnell, Maria José Hötzel

Published in 2025

A study of regenerative farming in the northwestern United States, highlighting tensions between the relational values expressed by ranchers and certain culturally-rooted practices. It highlights the potential of this model to improve human-animal relationships, provided that animal welfare is explicitly integrated into agricultural decision-making and policies.

Document Types: Scientific paper

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

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