Subject: Reproduction

Un bloc naissage de 230 truies qui associe bien-être et biosécurité

Pig success

Published in 2020

Description of a new farrowing block, including project design, cost, and animal welfare and health benefits

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Livestock buildings, Environment, Lactation, Housing, Maternity, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Biomarkers of fitness and welfare in dairy animals: healthy living

André M. de Almeida, Maya Zachut, Lorenzo E. Hernández-Castellano, Marcela Šperanda, Gianfranco Gabai Ali Mobasheri

Published in 2019

Review of major advances in the development of physiological welfare biomarkers to monitor animal responses to, and recovery from, environmental disturbances in dairy cows and small ruminants.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system

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Un bâtiment dynamique avec jardin d’hiver en dindes

Armalle Puybasset

Published in 2020

Description of a poultry house with a winter garden, of associated necessary changes to rearing methods and overview of turkey welfare. 

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animalLivestock buildings, Environment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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On-Farm Livestock Genome Editing Using Cutting Edge Reproductive Technologies

Gus R. McFarlane, Hamish A. Salvesen, Anna Sternberg, Simon G. Lillico

Published in 2019

Critical review of the 3 leading genome-editing technologies that could be used for livestock.

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords: Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Societal issues

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Effects of Dietary Fiber Sources during Gestation on Stress Status, Abnormal Behaviors and Reproductive Performance of Sows

Shuangbo Huang, Jianfu Wei, Haoyuan Yu, Xiangyu Hao, Jianjun Zuo, Chengquan Tan, Jinping Deng

Published in 2020

Evaluation of the effects of resistant starch and fermented soyanimal welfaren fibre on the reproductive performance and stress status of sows

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Stress

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Influence of Housing Conditions on Reliability of Immunocastration and Consequences for Growth Performance of Male Pigs

Kevin Kress, Ulrike Weiler, Sonja Schmucker, Marjeta Čandek-Potokar, Milka Vrecl, Gregor Fazarinc, Martin Škrlep, Nina Batorek-Lukač, Volker Stefanski

Published in 2019

Evaluation of the influence of three sorts of housing conditions (enriched, standard and repeated social mixing) on the immune response of boars, immunocastrated pigs and castrated pigs

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Housing, Mutilation, Livestock farming system

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Free-range laying hens: using technology to show the dynamics and impact of hen movement

I. Ruhnke, J. Boshoff, I. V. Cristiani, D. Schneider, M. Welch, T. Z. Sibanda, M. Kolakshyapati

Published in 2019

Study of the dynamics and impact of hen movements in free-range systems along with strategies to improve the management of free-range laying hens

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Health and welfare of rabbits farmed in different production systems

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)

Published in 2020

Scientific opinion on welfare of rabbits, comparing six rearing systems: conventional cages, structurally enriched cages, raised hutches, floor hutches, outdoor/partial outdoor rearing and organic rearing.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Mammals

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

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The clinical companion of the donkey

Donkey Sanctuary charity group

Published in 2018

This book provides up-to-date and comprehensive information on donkeys, with the aim of improving their health and welfare. It focuses in particular on the characteristics of the species compared with other members of the equidae family. It includes a chapter on behaviour which is fundamental to the understanding of this unique animal and key to  the clinical signs and requirements for handling, feeding and treatment.

Document Types: Technical work

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Anxiety, Pain, Welfare indicators, Fear, Human-animal relationships

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