Subject: Health /Diseases

Investigating the cecal microbiota in broiler poultry farms and its potential relationships with animal welfare

Lisa Di Marcantonio, Francesca Marotta, Michele Podaliri Vulpiani, Quixi Sonntag, Luigi Iannetti, Anna Janowicz, Gabriella Di Serafino, Elisabetta Di Giannatale, Giuliano Garofolo

Published in 2022

Scientific paper demonstrating that the composition and diversity of the caecal microbiota of broilers vary according to their levels of welfare and the presence or absence of Campylobacter in their microbiota.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Animal-based measures, Microbiota, Welfare indicators

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Ending routine farm antibiotic use in Europe through improving animal health and welfare

Cóilín Nunan

Published in 2022

Report recommending ten farming practices to achieve a significant reduction in the use of antibiotics on European farms while improving animal health and welfare.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Antibiotic resistance

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Animal Welfare and Parasite Infections in Organic and Conventional Dairy Farms: A Comparative Pilot Study in Central Italy

Matteo Chincarini, Lydia Lanzoni, Jorgelina Di Pasquale, Simone Morelli, Giorgio Vignola, Barbara Paoletti, Angela Di Cesare

Published in 2022

Scientific paper comparing the animal welfare and parasite loads in dairy cows between groups reared organically and conventionally,  finding no significant differences for either criterion, despite the fact that organic farms carried out no treatments for parasites.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Livestock farming system

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RSPCA Welfare Standards for Meat Chickens

RSPCA

Published in 2017

Standards developed by the RSPCA for the rearing, handling, transport and slaughter/killing of broilers, based on UK legislation, scientific findings, recommendations from veterinarians and the Farm Animal Welfare Committee, and the experience of livestock professionals.

Document Types: Good practice guide

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Enrichment, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system,Societal issues

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Les Français et le bien-être des animaux

Ifop

Published in 2022

The 4th annual Ifop poll for 30 millions d'amis shows that the French public believes that the government measures on animal welfare set out in the law against animal suffering lack ambition, and that politicians do not pay sufficient attention to this issue. It shows strong support for bans on any situation likely to cause animal suffering, and for measures to be taken to reduce stress in livestock at slaughter. 

Document Types: Scientific review

Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Livestock farming system

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EU Broiler Chicken Welfare

Better Chicken Commitment

Published in 2020

White paper compiling the published scientific evidence on violations of broiler-chicken welfare in intensive farming in the EU and the UK.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system

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Linking Animal Welfare and Antibiotic Use in Pig Farming - A Review

Rita Albernaz-Gonçalves, Gabriela Olmos Antillón, Maria José Hötzel

Published in 2022

Scientific review of ways to reduce the use of antibiotics in pig farming, especially for prophylactic purposes or to promote growth, while reducing the housing and husbandry stressors that can increase the vulnerability of animals to disease and decrease their quality of life.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Antibiotic resistance, Housing, Societal issues, Stress

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Le bien-être animal : état des lieux et perspectives

Arthur Magnes

Published in 2022

Article identifying trends in French society towards pets in the coming years. These include an increased focus on food quality and an increase in the average pet budget, and the development of pet insurance. The article predicts an increase in the number of cats and other non-canine pet species, and changes in the legal status of animals that will raise them above simple companion animals. 

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Once-daily feeding is associated with better cognitive function and health in companion dogs: Results from the Dog Aging Project

Emily E. Bray, Zihan Zheng, Katherine Tolbert, Brianah M. McCoy, Dog Aging Project Consortium

Published in 2021

Scientific paper showing that senior dogs fed once a day have statistically-better cognitive scores, and suffer less from gastrointestinal, dental, orthopaedic, renal/urinary or liver/pancreatic disorders than senior dogs fed several times a day. 

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Canine

Keywords:Cognitive processes

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Bien-être animal : choisir les enrichissements de ses poulets

Estelle Guérin, Mathilde Stomp

Published in 2022

Technical article setting out the results of ITAVI's work on a multi-criteria analysis of different types of enrichment available on the market that take into account the needs of birds: exploration, perching, dust bathing, self protection and rest.

Document Types: Technical review

Animal categories: Poultry

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

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