Subject: Health /Diseases

L’Allemagne a un temps d’avance sur le bien-être du porc

Christophe Reibel

Published in 2022

Dossier describing the German voluntary welfare initiative in pig farming, "Initiative Tierwohl", containing interviews with farmers who have signed up to it, along with half their fellow farmers. Although the initiative is appreciated by consumers, the public is still concerned over meat prices, a fact that restricts farmers' room for manoeuver in working to to improve animal welfare.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

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

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Freedom to Move: Free Lactation Pens Improve Sow Welfare

Orla Kinane, Fidelma Butler, Keelin O'Driscoll

Published in 2022

Article comparing welfare criteria for sows housed in free-range farrowing crates and conventional farrowing crates. It shows that the greater freedom of movement provided by free-range farrowing crates throughout lactation can improve locomotor health and reduce stress levels in sows.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

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

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Alternative Practices in Organic Dairy Production and Effects on Animal Behavior, Health, and Welfare

Hannah N. Phillips, Bradley J. Heins

Published in 2022

Scientific review describing organic milk production systems, and the husbandry practices they include that could affect animal welfare, including alternative methods of pain management during calf disbudding and treatment of mastitis in cows as well as management of adverse behaviours during milking.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines

Keywords:Societal issues, Living environment, Livestock farming system

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Quality of Life within Horse Welfare Assessment Tools: Informing Decisions for Chronically Ill and Geriatric Horses

Mariessa Long, Christian Dürnberger, Florien Jenner, Zsófia Kelemen, Ulrike Auer, Herwig Grimm

Published in 2022

A scientific review, analyzing how tools for the assessment of equine welfare, quality of life and equine perceptions of quality of life, define and operationalize these concepts. It discusses how appropriate these tools are to the assessment of quality of life as part of end-of-life decision-making for chronically-ill or elderly horses.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Risk management, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Un guide pratique sur le bien-être des vaches laitières pour les vétérinaires

Mathilde Clauss, François Gary

Published in 2022

Guide describing good practices in dealing with a sick animal and observing possible warning signs for animal welfare issues in a herd, animal welfare visits, how animal welfare can be integrated to a health visit, providing support for a shift towards increased animal welfare measures. It also looks closely at pain management, making the choice whether to transport an animal or slaughter it on site, good end-of-life practices, and how to discuss the longevity of dairy cows with farmers.

Document Types: Good practice guide

Animal categories: Bovines

Key word: Human-animal relationships, Living environment, Stress,Welfare indicators

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Resphe: Reduce the stress of young cattle at the beginning of Diminuer le stress des jeunes bovins à l’entrée en engraissement pour limiter l’impact des maladies respiratoires

Elise Vanbergue, Marlène Guiadeur, Béatrice Mounaix

Published in 2022

Practical guide setting out the results of an experiment to test the effects of lavender essential oil on young cattle at the beginning of fattening. It was found to have no effect on stress or the prevention of respiratory diseases, but it did increase GMQ by 200 g during the first month of fattening.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Enrichment, Stress

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Avis n°90 du CNA – « Nouveaux comportements alimentaires – propositions d’actions pour une alimentation compatible avec des systèmes alimentaires durables

Conseil national de l'alimentation

Published in 2022

Opinion containing, in particular, proposals on animal welfare: farming systems to be displayed on environmental labels; public aid and subsidies to be progressively adjusted in favour of production methods that support the environment, nutritional quality and animal welfare; implementation at European level of measures to protect agricultural and food products from competition from imported products that do not comply with European standards to be defended.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Fish, Pigs, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Livestock farming system

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-001983/22: Dog training collars: torture devices freely available for sale

Question: Aurélia Beigneux (ID). Answer: Mrs Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2022

Answer to a question about the European Commission's position on anti-bark and training collars urging it to ban them.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Effects of Enrichment Type, Presentation and Social Status on Enrichment Use and Behavior of Sows-Part 2: Free Access Stall Feeding

Cyril Roy, Victoria Kyeiwaa, Karen F. Mancera, Yolande M. Seddon, Laurie M. Connor, Jennifer A. Brown

Published in 2022

Scientific paper examining the influence of the nature and presentation of enrichment when feeding pregnant sows in open access stalls. It looks at the four scenarios of rotation of various enrichments, rotation with sound stimulus at the point that enrichment type is changed, no rotation, and no enrichment. Sows preferred the rotational systems, including straw, and the level of stress and lesions was the same between dominant and dominated sows, showing the usefulness of this system in reducing stress and aggression.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

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

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End the Cage Age -Sows investigation - 2022

CIWF

Published in 2022

CIWF survey conducted on 16 European pig farms, revealing living conditions that prevent the expression of the animals' natural behaviours. CIWF asks the French Minister of Agriculture to support the legislative changes announced by the European Commission to ban cage farming and improve animal welfare conditions.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Housing, Maternity, Living environment, Stress, Livestock farming system, Societal issues

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