Préparation au vêlage : peut mieux faire !
Published in 2020
Article on how to prepare cows for calving
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Risk management, Prenatal issues, Livestock farming system
Subject: Health /Diseases
De l’eau en permanence pour tous les porcs
Published in 2020
Report from a farmer who feeds his pigs soup and has installed pipettes to allow on-demand watering.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Livestock farming system
Sheep castration, tail docking, and pain management
Published in 2020
Preview: “It is essential for sheep health and welfare, that any procedures having the potential to create pain and suffering should be balanced against the need for that procedure. Castration and tail-docking are sometimes routine husbandry procedures and, because they are painful, efforts must be made to reduce their use, especially where there are alternative management techniques.”
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Ovines
Keywords: Pain, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system
Bit type exerts an influence on self-controlled rein tension in unridden horses
Published in 2020
Study of the dynamic responses - in welfare terms - of horses with different bit sizes.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords: Pain, Restraint equipment
Feeding Grass Hay Before Concentrate Mitigates the Effect of Grain-Based Concentrates on Postprandial Plasma Interleukin-1β
Published in 2020
Study of the effect of administering 0.9 kg of grass hay 30 minutes before a concentrated meal on the postprandial increase in IL-1β, compared to control horses receiving the same concentrate without hay beforehand.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords:Stress, Livestock farming system
Symposium review: Animal welfare in free-walk systems in Europe
Published in 2020
Study to test the effect of housing conditions on animal welfare in loose housing systems for dairy cows in Europe.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Welfare indicators, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Effect of Different Blanket Weights on Surface Temperature of Horses in Cold Climates
Published in 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine changes in the surface temperature of horses wearing blankets during cold weather.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords: Enrichment, Livestock farming system
Welfare issues associated with the transport of cull sows to slaughter
Published in 2020
Preview: “Significant variability has been identified in the management of cull sows before transport for slaughter, with some farmers experiencing doubts concerning the fitness for transport of sows with clinical conditions. […] Treatment and care regimens, clinical endpoints and decision trees for cull sows that are not fit for transport should be developed and discussed with clients. ”
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Pain, Risk management, Stress
Flock management tips for broilers: Pre-processing management, have a checklist in place
Published in 2020
Tips for the preparation and capture of broilers before transport to the abattoir.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Pain, Risk management, Stress
Effect of work on body language of ranch horses in Brazil
Published in 2020
A study to identify how facial expressions and other behavioural variables change in ranch horses after a regular work day, and to determine if these changes can be used as indicators of physical fatigue.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Equines
Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships
