“…SIMPLE SUMMARY: Every institution that keeps animals under human care must ensure animal welfare. To analyze the state of an animal, various measurements can be performed, such as blood analysis or fur condition scoring. …”
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“…It represents an economic loss to the farmer and raises questions of sustainability, food waste and animal welfare. On-farm emergency slaughter (OFES) represents, in some situations, an opportunity for a farmer to salvage some of the economic value from an animal that cannot be transported to a slaughterhouse. …”
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“…The continued use of brushes over time by all heifers supports the importance of providing appropriate outlets for natural behaviors, such as grooming and oral manipulation, to promote animal welfare. ABSTRACT: Our objectives were to evaluate the effect of stationary brush quantity on brush use and competition in weaned dairy heifers naïve to brushes. …”
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“…These animal-based indicators may support decision making to maintain animal welfare and productivity. The present study aimed to systematically review animal-based indicators of social, thermal, and immune-related stresses in farmed pigs, and the methods used to monitor them. …”
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“…We found that this approach would benefit animal welfare, public health and the economy. We also found that the British public is generally in favor of efforts to replace animals, and that focusing on this area would help to support the British Government’s policy and economic goals. …”
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“…SIMPLE SUMMARY: The slaughtering of pregnant livestock and its relevance to animal welfare has become an ethically controversial topic. …”
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“…In the midst of recent European activism against religious slaughter, the idea that religious slaughter is cruel to animals is often seen as commonsense, and the mandatory pre-slaughter stunning is often portrayed as the moral technology that assures animal welfare. Nevertheless, this portrayal seems to blur the fact that the current notion of animal welfare itself is built upon a changing selection of value assumptions, which are not without problems or academic debates. …”
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“…Further research is needed to find suitable housing designs to enhance productivity and animal welfare.…”
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“…In the 1800′s, Henry Bergh imported the animal welfare approach to the United States, which modernized the legislative treatment of animals in the country. …”
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“…The majority of pigs (82.97%) having one or more welfare-associated gross lesions. Other animal welfare malpractices observed were high loading density and inadequate rest periods between transport and slaughter. …”
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“…Further research should be encouraged to provide an evidence‐based assessment of how music events may affect animal welfare and behavior and to test the efficacy of mitigation strategies that are implemented to safeguard animal welfare.…”
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“…Advanced technologies should not be a substitute for practitioners, farmers or technicians, but could help achieve a much more accurate and earlier diagnosis of respiratory disease and, therefore, reduce the use of antibiotics, increase animal welfare and sustainability of livestock farms. …”
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“…Stereotypies are widely used as an animal welfare indicator, and their expression can tell us about psychological states. …”
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“…For many producers, introduction of improved animal welfare systems is a turning point in their future production strategies as it increases production costs. …”
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“…SIMPLE SUMMARY: Environmental enrichments are frequently used in zoos and aquaria to enhance animal welfare by adding or changing enclosure features and providing animals with new stimuli. …”
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“…Researchers have begun to study the impact of access to hiding spaces (“hides”) in farmed animals, including possible effects on animal welfare. The aims of this scoping review were to: 1) identify the farmed species that have been most used in research investigating the provision of hides, 2) describe the context in which hides have been provided to farmed animals, and 3) describe the impact (positive, negative or neutral/inconclusive) that hides have on animals, including indicators of animal welfare. …”
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“…With ongoing animal welfare efforts, multimodal analgesia is often recommended to implement in study protocols. …”
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“…Using the Five Domains model that has become established as a framework through which to assess animal welfare, we identify the effects of the physical impacts of horse management and training on the mental state of horses. …”
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“…The CAP policies oriented towards optimizing natural resource use, residue management, antimicrobial use reduction, the decrease in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and animal welfare, need educational programs linked to the environmental problems. …”
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“…Another issue is how to develop tests that can reliably and accurately assess toxicity using less time, money, and materials, and with greater regard for animal welfare. The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) was established in 1997 to address these needs through the development, validation, acceptance, and harmonization of new and revised toxicological test methods throughout the federal government.…”
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