Published in 2019
Review of major advances in the development of physiological welfare biomarkers to monitor animal responses to, and recovery from, environmental disturbances in dairy cows and small ruminants.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system
Published in 2020
Introducing One Health Certified, a comprehensive U.S. animal care program that certifies animal production practices in five main areas: disease prevention, veterinary care, responsible use of antibiotics, animal welfare and environmental impacts.
Document types: Technical Paper
Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators
Published in 2020
Practical advice on the prevention of lameness in cattle: early detection, correct raising of the foot, trimming, post-trimming surveillance, preventive herd management.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Pain, Livestock farming system
Published in 2020
This article describes a trial to establish the impacts of the cessation of tail docking on performance and tail biting on a pig farm.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Pain, Mutilation, Livestock farming system
Published in 2020
The German Minister of Food and Agriculture approved the "Decree on the administration of isoflurane anaesthesia during the castration of piglets by qualified persons". Financial support will be granted to pig farmers.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Pain, Mutilation
Published in 2020
Review of current scientific knowledge on the use of composted bedding as a cow housing system. Goals: to determine whether this improves animal welfare and to provide a comprehensive tool for producers and researchers who use this housing system.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines
Keywords: Livestock buildings, Enrichment, Environment, Housing, Livestock farming system
Published in 2019
Testing for a possible improvement brought about by genetic selection on broiler skeletal integrity growth rates. Analysis of changes in breeding values over a period of 11-14 years for 5 skeletal health traits (limbs) in broilers from 3 pure lines.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Evolutionary processes, Carcass quality
Published in 2020
Description of a poultry house with a winter garden, of associated necessary changes to rearing methods and overview of turkey welfare.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Livestock buildings, Environment, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system
Published in 2019
Survey of poultry farmers and the general public on their perceptions of the dilemma: is it better to improve the welfare of poultry through outdoor systems or to protect public health (there are more health risks associated with outdoor systems)?
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Societal issues, Environment, Risk management, Housing, Living environment
Published in 2020
A test of the effect of intramammary administration of the anti-inflammatory drug firocoxib in sows on stress and piglet production during painful manipulations such as tail docking, castration, teeth cutting.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Porcines
Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Mutilation, Stress, Livestock farming system
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