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Scientific Opinion on Review of the European Union Summary Report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food‐borne outbreaks in 2009 and 2010 specifically for the data related to bovine tuberculosis, Echinococcus, Q fever, brucellosis and non‐food borne diseases

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2012
Following a request from EFSA, the Animal Health and Welfare Panel delivered a scientific opinion reviewing the “European Union Summary Report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food‐borne outbreaks for 2009 and 2010“ specifically for
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
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Scientific Opinion on the use of animal‐based measures to assess welfare of dairy cows

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2012
Animal‐based measures, identified on the basis of scientific evidence, can be effectively used in the evaluation of the welfare of dairy cattle on farm in relation to laws, codes of practice, quality assurance schemes and management.
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Evolution and Animal Welfare

open access: yesThe Quarterly Review of Biology, 1998
Animal welfare is a topic often thought to reside outside mainstream biology. The complexity of the methods used to assess welfare (such as health, physiology, immunological state, and behavior) require an understanding of a wide range of biological phenomena.
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Scientific Opinion on monitoring procedures at slaughterhouses for poultry

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2013
This scientific opinion proposes toolboxes of welfare indicators, and their corresponding outcomes of consciousness, unconsciousness or death, for developing monitoring procedures at slaughterhouses for poultry stunned using electrical waterbaths and gas
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Scientific Opinion on the welfare of cattle kept for beef production and the welfare in intensive calf farming systems

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2012
Information given in previous Opinions “Welfare of cattle kept for beef production” (SCAHAW, 2001) and “The risks of poor welfare in intensive calf farming systems” (EFSA, 2006) is updated and recent scientific evidence on the topics reviewed.
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
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Guidance on Good Practice in Conducting Scientific Assessments in Animal Health using Modelling

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2009
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare to develop a guidance document on Good Practice in Conducting Scientific Assessments in animal health using modelling.
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Naturalness and Animal Welfare [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals, 2018
Naturalness is considered important for animals, and is one criterion for assessing how we care for them. However, it is a vague and ambiguous term, which needs definition and assessments suitable for scientific and ethical questions. This paper makes a start on that aim.
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Scientific Opinion on Hatchery Waste as animal by‐products

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2011
The risk posed by the possible use of dead‐in‐shell chicks for the production of processed petfood was assessed. According to current legislation two processing methods were considered i) treatment to a minimum Fc value of 3; and ii) treatment of at ...
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Enzootic bovine leukosis

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2015
Enzootic bovine leukosis is a disease of cattle caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV). The virus causes a persistent, life‐long infection in a subset of B cells.
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