Published in 2021
Scientific paper investigating the chronic stress levels of recreational horses in relation to their living conditions in order to determine the best management strategy for the welfare of the horses.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Housing, Living environment, Stress
Published in 2021
Technical paper setting out the advantages and disadvantages of the two main techniques for socialising piglets housed indoors: one allows piglets to move freely between farrowing pens but not dams, and the other allows dams and piglets to interact freely. The outcomes of early socialisation are not only behavioural (more play, less aggression) but also physiological, with lower metabolic energy levels that could explain reductions in stress and aggression.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Pain, Mutilation, Weaning, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific paper demonstrating that ration composition and energy intake influence the incidence of oral stereotypies (especially empty chewing) and redirected behaviours (especially bedding consumption) in working horses (leisure, equestrian, patrol and endurance). Endurance horses are the most sensitive to ration composition.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Anxiety, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Stress, Psychiatric disorder
Published in 2021
Scientific paper reporting on the perceptions of farmers' hoof trimmers and vets concerning the management of lameness in dairy cows. Lameness is perceived as a complex, multi-factorial problem that is poorly understood and whose contributing factors are difficult to change. Those involved are resigned, believing that lameness is inevitable. Participants suggested that hoof trimmers and veterinarians should work together to send a consistent message to farmers.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Pain, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2021
Scientific paper to evaluate the relationship between levels of animal welfare and the use of antimicrobials in Italian dairy farms. No relationship could be found between these two factors. The use of category B antimicrobials and of intramammary treatments in dry cows were linked to levels of staff training.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Antibiotic resistance, Environment, Livestock farming system, Societal issues
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the levels of susceptibility to the Covid-19 virus of various animal species that have contact with humans. Dogs and pigs appear to have low susceptibility levels. Ferrets, mink, some hamster species, cats and non-human primates show high susceptibility levels.
Document Types: Scientific review
Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Pathogen transfer
Published in 2021
Scientific review setting out to identify articles on risk factors and interventions associated with tail biting in pigs, along with data gaps in the literature.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Risk management, Societal issues, Mutilation, Pain
Published in 2021
Scientific paper comparing animal-based indicators for health, productivity and behaviour in individually and pair-housed dairy calves. Housing type did not affect health, feed intake or weight gain, but individually-housed calves placed in a new pen scored higher on movement behaviour than pair-housed calves placed in a new pen. This rebound effect indicates that the individual housing of calves results in activity deprivation.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Housing, Living environment, Stress, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators
Published in 2021
A scientific review of the effects of stocking density for juvenile and adult zebrafish used in research on growth, reproduction, stress responses (including behaviour), water quality and disease outbreaks. It recommends that stocking density should be included in guidelines for housing and should be discussed in the materials and methods sections of papers where zebrafish are used.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Housing, Living environment, Stress
Published in 2021
A scientific review of recent advances in precision farming to measure animal-based welfare indicators for dairy cows which discusses the possibility of integrating such data into a broader welfare assessment framework.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Pain, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
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