Subject: Health /Diseases

A Retrospective Survey of Factors Affecting the Risk of Incidents and Equine Injury During Non-Commercial Transport by Road in the United Kingdom

Carol Hall, Rachel Kay, Jim Green

Published in 2020

Study to identify factors associated with the occurrence of incidents and with injuries to equidae during transport by road in the UK.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Equines

Keywords: Pain, Stress, Transport

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Effect of pen design on tail biting and tail-directed behaviour of finishing pigs with intact tails

P. Brandt, F. Hakansson, T. Jensen, M. B. F. Nielsen, H. P. Lahrmann, C. F. Hansen, B. Forkman

Published in 2020

Comparison of pig behaviour and prevalence of tail biting in finishing pigs with intact tails housed in two different types of pens in commercial production conditions in Denmark.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Risk management, Housing, Stress, Livestock farming system

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Symposium review: Future of housing for dairy cattle

P. J. Galama, W. Ouweltjes, M. I. Endres, J. R. Sprecher, L. Leso, A. Kuipers, M. Klopčič

Published in 2020

Preview: “The aim of this review was to describe recent changes and expected developments in housing systems for dairy cows. These new developments should create an appropriate production environment for modern high-producing dairy cows and stimulate dairy farming-related developments in management, agro-technology, and equipment.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

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

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Enrichment use in finishing pigs and its relationship with damaging behaviours: Comparing three wood species and a rubber floor toy

Jen-Yun Chou, Rick B. D'Eath, Dale Andrew Sandercock, Keelin O'Driscoll

Published in 2020

Comparison of the effects of enrichment with three species of wood and a rubber floor toy in finishing pig farms, study of the relationship between toy use and harmful behaviours, and physiological and physical measures for stress and injury.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation

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Impact of husbandry on the welfare of pet guinea pigs in the UK

Alison Wills

Published in 2020

Review of the dietary, social, environmental and veterinary factors affecting the welfare of guinea pigs in the UK.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Rodents

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

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Grazing Cow Behavior's Association with Mild and Moderate Lameness

Niall W. O'Leary, Daire. T. Byrne, Pauline Garcia, Jessica Werner, Morgan Cabedoche, Laurence Shalloo

Published in 2020

Study of the mobility behaviour of cows on pasture using an accelerometer for the early detection of lameness.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Pain, Precision farming, Welfare indicators

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Largeurs de couloir, surfaces d’aires paillées et longueurs d’auge : les recommandations

Idele

Published in 2020

Recommendations for the housing of ewes and lambs to meet their welfare needs.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords: Livestock buildings, Housing

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GroupHouseNet: four years of EU-wide collaboration on tail docking solutions

Irene Camerlink, Kristine Hov-Martinsen, Torunn Aasmundstad, Andrew Janczak and Bas Rodenburg

Published in 2020

Activity Review of the European COST programme "GroupHouseNet", aimed at reducing the incidence of harmful behaviour in animals kept in groups by refining genetic selection methods and developing breeding innovations to improve living conditions at the beginning and end of the animal's life.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Enrichment, Stress, Livestock farming system

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Evaluation of pain and stress in three-week old piglets in relation to route of vaccine administration

Annalisa Scollo, Serena Minervini, Maria Costanza Galli, Alberto Cevidalli, Giacomo Bortoletto, Giusy Romano, Flaviana Gottardo

Published in 2020

Evaluation of the behavioural and physiological responses of piglets during vaccine administration, comparing intramuscular injection using a needle and intradermal injection without a needle.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system

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A review of traditional and machine learning methods applied to animal breeding

Shadi Nayeri, Mehdi Sargolzae, Dan Tulpan

Published in 2019

A review of traditional and new precautionary methods currently used in livestock farming, of their success and of the future of this field in the new era of digital agriculture.

Document Types: Scientific review

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

Keywords: Precision farming, Modelling, Livestock farming system

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