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
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
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
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
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
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
Published in 2022
Implementation programme for the final two years of the 10-year Welsh Action Plan launched in 2014.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Keywords: Societal issues
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
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the various precision farming systems that can be used to manage the needs, health and monitoring of grazing livestock, allowing any threat to care plans or welfare to be quickly remedied.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Precision farming, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the physiological reasons for the sensitivity of pigs to heat stress, current knowledge concerning genetics and the variability between pig breeds in terms of thermoregulation, phenotypes for use in genetic studies, and the needs of future research to improve heat tolerance in pigs.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Resilience, Robustness, Stress, Livestock farming system
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