Transforming Intensive Animal Production: Challenges and Opportunities for Farm Animal Welfare in the European Union [PDF]
, 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
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Attitudes of Turkish veterinary students towards farm animal welfare [PDF]
, 2021 People's awareness of livestock welfare has increased in recent years and veterinarians have a critical role to play in maintaining and improving these standards.
Uzabacı, Ender, Çavuşoğlu, Enver
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Animal Welfare Assessment [PDF]
, 2022 This chapter describes the general principles of animal welfare assessment. Although it focuses on farmed animals kept for food, the general principles described here are applicable to a wide variety of settings. Information on animal welfare can be used
Blokhuis, Harry, +1 more
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Organic Dairy Cattle: Do European Union Regulations Promote Animal Welfare? [PDF]
, 2020 Animal welfare is an emerging concept in EU law; with the advent of specific regulations intending to protect animals. The approach taken by European lawmakers is to provide “minimum standards” for conventional farming; argued by some as failing to ...
Benjamin Lecorps +6 more
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Improvement of animal welfare by strategic analysis and logistic optimisation of animal slaughter transportation [PDF]
, 2016 The transportation of animals to slaughterhouses is a major welfare concern. The number of slaughterhouses has decreased over time in Europe due to centralisation.
Wennergren, U., +8 more
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Employee Management and Animal Care: A Comparative Ethnography of Two Large-Scale Dairy Farms in China [PDF]
, 2021 Farm management can directly and indirectly affect animal care. We explored how farm management affected animal care on two large dairy farms in China (anonymized as Farm A and Farm B).
Weary, Daniel M. +7 more
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Integrating Individual Animal and Population Welfare in Zoos and Aquariums [PDF]
, 2023 Over the last 50 years, animal welfare science has advanced dramatically, especially in zoos and aquariums. A shifting focus from population-level welfare parameters such as reproductive success and longevity (macroscopic, big-picture concepts) to the ...
Louis DiVincenti +2 more
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Chinese Public Attitudes towards, and Knowledge of, Animal Welfare [PDF]
, 2021 Food-producing animals make up the majority of animals that humans manage globally, and China has been a major producer and exporter of animal products since the late 1990s. The opinions of the population in China regarding animal welfare are not as well
Wenliang Guo +6 more
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The Canadian harp seal hunt: observations on the effectiveness of procedures to avoid poor animal welfare outcomes [PDF]
, 2012 The Canadian harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) hunt has, for several decades, raised public concerns related to animal welfare. The field conditions under which this hunt is carried out do not lend themselves easily to detailed observations and ...
Daoust, P. +5 more
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Students' Attitudes to Animal Welfare and Rights in Europe and Asia [PDF]
, 2012 A survey of attitudes towards the welfare and rights of animals was conducted in universities in 11 European and Asian countries, to improve understanding of cultural differences that might impact on trade and international relations. Collaborators'
Mejdell, C. +14 more
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