Subject: Health /Diseases

Welfare Assessment of 30 Dairy Goat Farms in the Midwestern United States

Melissa N. Hempstead, Taylor M. Lindquist, Jan K. Shearer, Leslie C. Shearer, Vanessa M. Cave, Paul J. Plummer

Published in 2021

Article testing protocols for assessing the welfare of European goats in the context of US MidWest farms

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Caprines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system

Severe tail lesions in finisher pigs are associated with reduction in annual profit in farrow-to-finish pig farms

Nienke van Staaveren, Laura Ann Boyle, Edgar García Manzanilla, Keelin O'Driscoll, Laurence Shalloo, Julia Adriana Calderón Díaz

Published in 2021

Article investigating the financial costs of severe tail injuries in pig farming

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Pain, Risk management, Mutilation

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Animal Welfare Issues in Capture-Based Aquaculture

Uthpala Chandararathna, Kjetil Korsnes, Mette Sørensen, Ioannis N. Vatsos

Published in 2021

Review focusing on the particular case of the welfare in aquaculture of captured fish

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to its environment, Environment, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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Caring for the Older Horse: A Conceptual Model of Owner Decision Making

Rebecca Smith, Gina Pinchbeck, Catherine McGowan, Joanne Ireland, Elizabeth Perkins

Published in 2021

Article developing a conceptual model for the care of ageing horses based on a survey of owner practices

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords:Pain, Enrichment, Risk management, Societal issues, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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Plant-based fructans for increased animal welfare: provision processes and remaining challenges

A. Zimmermann, C. Visscher, M. Kaltschmitt

Published in 2021

Review article on the benefits of adding fructans to feed to promote pig health and welfare

Document Types: Scientific review

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Key word:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Microbiota

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Impact of lameness on milk yield in dairy cows in Austria - results from the Efficient-Cow-project

J Kofler, B Fürst-Waltl , M Dourakas, F Steininger, C Egger-Danner

Published in 2021

Paper evaluating the impact of lameness on milk yield and milk dry matter in the three most important dairy breeds (Fleckvieh, Braunvieh, Holstein-Friesian) of cow in Austria during lactation periods

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Pain, Risk management, Lactation, Livestock farming system

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Ten facts about sustainable food

Kim Berg

Published in 2021

Article setting out the main findings of the German government's 2021 report on nutrition in Germany. German citizens are eating less meat and taking greater account of the welfare of farm animals.

Document types: Technical Paper

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

Keywords: Societal issues, Environment, Human-animal relationships

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Incubation, hatchery practice and the welfare of layer hens

Greg Underwood,, Daniel Andrews, Tin Phung, Lauren E. Edwards

Published in 2021

Scientific review of the state of knowledge on management factors for chicks designed to ensure chick welfare and health.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

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

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Distribution of Superficial Body Temperature in Horses Ridden by Two Riders with Varied Body Weights

Izabela Wilk, Elżbieta Wnuk-Pawlak, Iwona Janczarek, animal welfareta Kaczmarek, Marta Dybczyńska, Monika Przetacznik

Published in 2020

A study to test the hypothesis that high rider weight negatively impacts a horse's welfare by analyzing differences in body temperature and selected heart-rate parameters in horses in response to physical exercise accompanied by various rider's body weight loads.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Pain, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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