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Animals, 2021 Simple Summary There is an ongoing debate on the ethics of keeping animals in captivity and particularly as to whether freedom matters to their welfare.
Heather Browning, W. Veit
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Animal Welfare Management in a Digital World
Animals, 2020 Simple Summary The digital revolution opens possibilities to use multiple sensors, a data infrastructure and data analytics to monitor animals or their environment 24/7.
H. Buller +4 more
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Update on oral vaccination of foxes and raccoon dogs against rabies
EFSA Journal, 2015 An assessment of a report issued by the European Commission in 2002 is presented about the oral vaccination of foxes against rabies, as well as additional topics such as the rabies aetiology and its occurrence in Europe, the target species for oral ...
Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
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Animal Welfare in Extensive Production Systems Is Still an Area of Concern
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 Traditionally, research on farm animal welfare has mainly been focused on welfare problems thought to be common in intensive systems, whereas the welfare of animals kept in extensive systems has attracted much less attention.
D. Temple, X. Manteca
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Scientific Opinion on welfare aspects of the use of perches for laying hens
EFSA Journal, 2015 This opinion investigated the use of perches for laying hens in cage and non‐cage systems. It is based on various activities reviewing the effects of perch height and design on hen health and welfare.
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Animal Welfare (AHAW)
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Agriculture, 2020 In pig production, the widespread conventional indoor system with a slatted floor currently dominates. However, this production system is becoming less socially acceptable.
Maxime Delsart +4 more
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Scientific Opinion on the assessment of dairy cow welfare in small‐scale farming systems
EFSA Journal, 2015 This opinion reviews information on small‐scale dairy cow farming systems in Europe, including the impact of production diseases on welfare of cows, and proposes a methodology for welfare assessment in those systems.
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Animal Welfare (AHAW)
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Statement on a conceptual framework for bovine tuberculosis [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2014 Control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a challenge owing to the complex interactions between the pathogen, hosts and local environments.
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
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Periodicity Intensity of the 24 h Circadian Rhythm in Newborn Calves Show Indicators of Herd Welfare [PDF]
Sensors 2022, 22(15), 5843, 2022 Circadian rhythms are a process of the sleep-wake cycle that regulates the physical, mental and behavioural changes in all living beings with a period of roughly 24 h. Wearable accelerometers are typically used in livestock applications to record animal movement from which we can estimate the activity type. Here, we use the overall movement recorded by
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Scientific Opinion on canine leishmaniosis
EFSA Journal, 2015 This Scientific Opinion presents a characterisation of canine leishmaniosis (CanL) in Europe and its potential for spreading. The efficacy of available preventative measures to protect dogs against CanL was assessed, with the objective of mitigating the ...
EFSA Panel Animal Health and Welfare
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