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Effects of human-animal relationship on animal productivity and welfare [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This is a literature review of the effects of humans´ relationships with farm animals on animal productivity and welfare, including the following topics: definition of the concept and description of different tests that have been developed to measure ...
Alonso-Spilsbury, María   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Consumers’ Concerns and Perceptions of Farm Animal Welfare [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
P. 1-13In this paper, we explore the evolution of consumers’ perceptions and concerns about the effects that intensification of production systems could have on the welfare of farm animals.
José R. González-Montaña   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Transforming Intensive Animal Production: Challenges and Opportunities for Farm Animal Welfare in the European Union

open access: yes, 2022
SIMPLE SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) has made commitments to review all established policies on farm animal welfare and by the end of 2023 propose new regulations that will improve farming conditions and phase out the use of cage-based systems. A case
Mariann Molnár, Molnár, Mariann
core   +1 more source

Analysis of poultry transit, notification systems and legislation in the state of Sergipe, 2008-2012

open access: yesArquivos do Instituto Biológico, 2016
: The purpose of this study was to assess the transit of poultry, as well as the inspection on the outbreak of diseases, by addressing the issues concerning the system of the National Program on Poultry Sanity and its legal resolutions.
Vera Lucia Miñan de Oliveira   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of In Vivo and In Vitro Digestibility in Donkeys

open access: yesAnimals, 2020
We compared in vivo and in vitro dry matter (DM) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) digestibility in donkeys using feces as microbial inoculum. Four donkeys were used in a 4 × 4 Latin square design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments.
Sonia Tassone   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Liver histopathological changes in breeding bullfrogs - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i4.15981

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2013
In order to complement the histopathological study of juveniles and tadpoles of the bullfrog, Lithobathes catesbeianus, fed commercial diet used by frog farms in Rio de Janeiro, containing 40% crude protein, we performed necropsy and histopathology of ...
José Teixeira de Seixas Filho   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An on-farm investigation of beef suckler herds using an animal welfare index (AWI) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
peer-reviewedBackground: Beef suckler farms (194 farms throughout 13 counties) were assessed once with housed cattle and once with cattle at grass using an animal welfare index (AWI).
Veissier Isabelle   +16 more
core   +1 more source

Agonic Aspiration of Blood: Not Useful as an Animal-Based Indicator of Electrical Stunning Ineffectiveness in Pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Agonic aspiration of blood (AAB) may result from an inadequate exsanguination with accidental trachea severing, that can be favoured by ineffective stunning of pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus). This study aimed to evaluate AAB as an animal-based indicator of
Pires, Isabel   +7 more
core   +1 more source

SUSTAINABILITY IN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS: SOCIO-ECONOMICAL INDICATORS

open access: yesCiência Florestal, 2009
It is wide the discussion involving the importance of production adjustment activities in general, to the concept of sustainable development. Among the agricultural activities, the agroforestry systems have been considered sustainable, coming as ...
Omar Daniel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An outbreak of myxozoan parasites in farmed freshwater fish Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818) (Characidae, Serrasalminae) in the Amazon region, Brazil

open access: yesAquaculture Reports, 2016
The tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is a native fish species that is farmed most frequently and in the largest quantities throughout Brazil. The high production of this species from fish farms has contributed to the occurrence of emerging parasites ...
Marcela Videira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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