Subject: Intraspecies relationships

Keeping Stallions in Groups-Species-Appropriate or Relevant to Animal Welfare?

Heidrun Gehlen, Katrin Krumbach, Christa Thöne-Reineke

Published in 2021

Paper examining the feasibility and value of group breeding stallions with regard to animal welfare

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system

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Caring for the Older Horse: A Conceptual Model of Owner Decision Making

Rebecca Smith, Gina Pinchbeck, Catherine McGowan, Joanne Ireland, Elizabeth Perkins

Published in 2021

Article developing a conceptual model for the care of ageing horses based on a survey of owner practices

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Pain, Enrichment, Risk management, Societal issues, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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Effects of Different Scratch Mat Designs on Hen Behaviour and Eggs Laid in Enriched Cages

Victoria Sandilands, Laurence Baker, Jo Donbavand, Sarah Brocklehurst

Published in 2021

Article comparing the effect of 4 types of scratch mat on laying hen behaviour and egg quality and finding no significant difference between the types of mat.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment

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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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Le bien-être des poissons vu par la recherche et par la filière piscicole 

Gautier Riberolles

Published in 2020

Interview on fish welfare with the director of CIPA (French interprofessional committee on aquaculture products) conducted by a researcher in ethology at INRAE.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords: Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Stress, Breeding and rearing systems

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Enrichment use in finishing pigs and its relationship with damaging behaviours: Comparing three wood species and a rubber floor toy

Jen-Yun Chou, Rick B. D'Eath, Dale Andrew Sandercock, Keelin O'Driscoll

Published in 2020

Comparison of the effects of enrichment with three species of wood and a rubber floor toy in finishing pig farms, study of the relationship between toy use and harmful behaviours, and physiological and physical measures for stress and injury.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation

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Pig elimination behavior - A review

Heidi Mai-Lis Andersen, Anne Grete Kongsted, Malene Jakobsen

Published in 2020

Review of the elimination behaviours of pigs and their relationships with their on-farm environment, with the ultimate aim of encouraging pigs to dispose of their waste in dedicated areas. An environmental and animal welfare issue.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Societal issues, Environment, Housing, Living environment, Pollution

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Social genetic effects in livestock: Current status and future avenues of research

Piter Bijma

Published in 2020

Review of the social genetic effect, i.e. the effect of an individual animal's genotype on the phenotypic traits of its social partners.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Welfare indicators

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