Published in 2022
Article describing the farming practices that can reduce stress in pigs in two particularly stressful circumstances for both animals and humans: grouping sows and moving finishing pigs.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Risk management, Stress
Published in 2022
Announcement of updates to the FAQ aiming to provide ongoing clarifications on the regulations, agreed between the Government and the Profession, so that its application in the field can be harmonised. It is national in scope and has no regulatory value
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Enrichment, Stress
Published in 2020
Scientific review on the concept of the 5 domains. The first 3 domains (food, physical environment and health) concern factors that can affect an organism's internal stability, and lead to so-called "survival-critical" affects, resulting in genetically-integrated behavioral responses. The 4th domain (behavioral interactions), generates "situation-related" affects, resulting in conscious behavioral choices. All of these contribute to the 5th domain, ie the mental state of the animals.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords: Animal-based measurements,Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2014
Scientific paper assessing the well-being of dogs in Italian shelters, using oxidative stress and behavioural indicators. Dogs that regularly left their crates for a walk were less anxious, more sociable towards other dogs, and had higher antioxidant capacities.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Canine
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2022
CAWF report on chick beak trimming in the UK. It highlights the high level of pain and stress associated with the practice, which interferes with the natural behaviours of foraging, nest-building and interaction with conspecifics. It considers that the reason for the practice, pecking, could be prevented by changes to flock management.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Welfare indicators,Housing, Living environment, Mutilation, Societal issues, Stress,Pain
Published in 2022
Scientific review of the opportunities offered by the latest precision-farming technologies for the monitoring and prevention of stress and disease in laying hens and broilers
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators
Published in 2022
Scientific paper investigating the effect of an alternative housing system to improve cognitive resilience and also to promote pig welfare. It shows that the provision of social and environmental enrichments, which better meet the basic needs of the animals, appears to be beneficial to the welfare of pigs overall.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Maternity, Weaning, Societal issues
Published in 2022
The report reviews the scientific literature aimed at evaluating the welfare of circus animals using the five-domain method and highlights violations in each of the five areas. It proposes that these results should be taken into account in developing strategies to improve the quality of life of wild animals working in circuses.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to its environment, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Societal issues, Welfare indicators
Published in 2022
Scientific review showing that yawning serves as a signal to improve attention levels in observers, and that its contagious nature, found in mammals and birds, has the function of synchronising and/or coordinating group activity patterns, thus playing a social role.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Evolutionary processes
Published in 2022
Scientific review analysing the different potential risk factors for chronic stress in group-housed pregnant sows, addressing the mechanisms of chronic and prenatal stress, and identifying research needs on these topics.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Maternity, Stress
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