Published in 2023
Scientific review of the indicators, both physiological (concentrations of certain hormones, body temperature) and behavioral (ear position, facial expressions, approach and avoidance behaviors), and cognitive bias tests developed to assess emotions in horses.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Human-animal relationships, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Scientific article proposing three models, including conditioned reinforcement, to study the complex relationships between environments, innate predispositions and learning in captive animals, which can lead to the development of stereotypies.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Behavioural disorders, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Scientific opinion identifying the most common farming systems in the European Union for each species and category of animal. It describes and assesses the welfare consequences for each species of the following factors: restriction of movement, injury, group stress, inability to adopt comfort behavior, inability to adopt exploratory or foraging behavior and inability to express maternal behavior. It provides recommendations on how to predict negative welfare consequences using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements,Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Pain, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2023
EFSA opinion identifying the main types of housing for dairy cows in Europe and, for each, the main strengths, weaknesses and risks likely to reduce animal welfare. It examines five specific negative welfare consequences: locomotor disorders, mastitis, restricted movement and resting problems, inability to adopt comfort behavior and metabolic disorders. It also analyzes a set of farm characteristics that could be used to classify the level of welfare on farms.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements,Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Pain, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Answer to a question on the European Commission's plans to provide financial support for the installation of free-range accommodation for sows, and on the introduction of mirror clauses to protect European livestock farmers from competition from third countries with less stringent animal welfare standards.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Societal issues
Published in 2023
Review of the natural behaviors of young stock from the three major dairy breeds, and of farming practices currently employed for these young animals. It lists alternative practices that can meet the expectations of the public and consumers in terms of animal welfare, as well as those of farmers on improving their profession's public image and the way their products are sold.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines
Keywords: Enrichment, Human-animal relationships, Lactation, Living environment, One Welfare, Weaning, Stress, Livestock farming system,Societal issues, Welfare indicators
Published in 2023
Scientific review examining the specific needs of ruminants and equines, the enrichments studied in the scientific literature and their impact on welfare, knowledge gaps and recommendations for inspections.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Equines, Ruminants
Keywords:Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
Published in 2023
Scientific article studying the effects of average hutch size and access to an exercise area on the welfare of pet rabbits kept in pairs. It concludes that pet rabbits should be given the freedom to exercise throughout the day, and that hutches of 0.75 m2 are insufficient in size to ensure the welfare of a pair of pet rabbits.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Exotic pets
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2023
Systematic review of the literature on ways to assess the social behavior of adult horses. Most ethograms include indicators of agonistic behavior. The authors recommend placing greater emphasis on affiliative and ambivalent interactions and indifference when assessing the social behavior of horses.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Personality, Human-animal relationships, Vocalisation
Published in 2023
Scientific article summarizing current knowledge of birds' powers of perception and action cabilities and presenting the results of an experiment that uses video conferencing as an enrichment tool in parrots.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal Categories:Birds (excluding poultry)
Keywords:Learning, training, Consciousness, Enrichment, Memory, Human-animal relationships
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