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Farm animal welfare developed as a concept through the second half of the 20th century, responding to public awareness of the plight of animals in intensive meat, dairy and egg production systems. The field of farm animal welfare science developed to understand how to better support the welfare of farmed animals within intensive conditions.
Tim Deveaux, Bill Bassett
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Freedom and Animal Welfare [PDF]
Animals, 2021 The keeping of captive animals in zoos and aquariums has long been controversial. Many take freedom to be a crucial part of animal welfare and, on these grounds, criticise all forms of animal captivity as harmful to animal welfare, regardless of their provisions.
Heather Browning, Walter Veit
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Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare.
Animal, 2023 Animal welfare is an important field of study due to animal sentience, yet there is to date no consensus on the definition of animal welfare. There have been four key developments in the field of animal welfare science since its birth: the theoretical ...
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Review: The challenge to integrate animal welfare indicators into the Life Cycle Assessment.
Animal, 2023 The transition to a more sustainable livestock sector represents one of the major challenges of our time. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is recognised as the gold standard methodology for assessing the environmental impact of farming systems. Simultaneously,
L. Lanzoni +6 more
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Animal Welfare, 2023 Substrates and objects are provided to farm animals on the assumption that they improve animal welfare by enriching the environment, but these often fail to consider the extent to which an environmental enrichment (EE) improves animal welfare, if at all.
P. S. Taylor +3 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 The ways in which humans can support good welfare for animals in their care is an ongoing subject of debate: some place emphasis on the animals’ physical health; others, on animals’ ability to live “natural lives”; and others on animals’ affective states
Maisy Englund, Katherine A. Cronin
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Animal Research and One Health, 2023 The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various sectors has led to significant advancements, with the animal industry being no exception.
Li Zhang +6 more
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The Impact of the Social Determinants of Human Health on Companion Animal Welfare
Animals, 2023 Simple Summary The role of the social determinants of health (i.e., physical, social and economic factors affecting human health) and their impact on companion animal welfare have not been fully explored.
Sonya McDowall +5 more
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Twelve Threats of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) for Animal Welfare
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Research and development of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) is booming, partly due to hopes and claims regarding the benefits of PLF for animal welfare.
F. Tuyttens, C. Molento, S. Benaissa
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Frontiers in Animal Science, 2022 Animal welfare is a multifaceted issue that can be approached from different viewpoints, depending on human interests, ethical assumptions, and culture. To properly assess, safeguard and promote animal welfare, concepts are needed to serve as guidelines ...
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