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Systematically analysing the acceptability of pig farming systems with different animal welfare levels when considering intra-sustainability trade-offs: Are citizens willing to compromise?

PLoS ONE, 2023
In recent years, intensive pig husbandry has been subject to increasing public criticism, including a clear demand for more animal-friendly housing systems in many countries.
Aurelia Schütz, Gesa Busch, Winnie Isabel Sonntag   +2 more
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Governing animal–human relations in farming practices: a study of group housing of sows in the EU [PDF]

, 2015
EU pig welfare legislation required European pig farmers to shift from individual to group housing of pregnant sows by 1 January 2013. This requirement was principally designed to meet the sows’ needs for locomotion and interaction with conspecifics ...
De Krom, Michiel
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Compost bedded-pack barn as an alternative housing system for dairy cattle in Italy: effects on animal health and welfare and milk and milk product quality

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2019
We evaluated the effects of a compost bedded-pack barn as an alternative housing system for dairy cattle in Italy. Twenty-two Fleckvieh dairy cows were randomly allocated to two housing systems: (1) a conventional freestall barn (FB) and (2) a compost ...
I. Biasato, A. D’angelo, I. Bertone, R. Odore, C. Bellino   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Space allowance: a tool for improving behavior, milk and meat production, and reproduction performance of buffalo in different housing systems—a review

Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2022
Buffalo population has dramatically increased during the last two decades, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. Although buffalo are important milk and meat-producing animal, still practices of buffalo farming and welfare aspects are not well ...
M. E. El Sabry, O. Almasri
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relationship between herd size and measures of animal welfare on dairy cattle farms with freestall housing in Germany.

Journal of Dairy Science, 2018
The objective of this study was to examine the association of herd size with animal welfare in dairy cattle herds. Therefore, 80 conventional dairy cattle farms were classified by the number of cows into 4 herd size classes, C1 (
D. Gieseke, C. Lambertz, M. Gauly
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genetic variation of keel and long bone skeletal properties for 5 lines of laying hens

Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2020
Summary: Fractures to the keel bone is one of the greatest problems facing the laying hen industry. With most severe effects observed in non-cage housing, frequencies are expected to dramatically increase as the industry continues transitioning away from
L. Candelotto, M. Stadelmann, S.G. Gebhardt-Henrich, A. Stratmann, T.G.H. van de Braak, D. Guggisberg, P. Zysset, M.J. Toscano   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Housing and Management Factors on Selected Indicators of the Welfare Quality^® Protocol in Loose-Housed Dairy Cows

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
The objective of this study was to examine the effects of housing and management factors on animal welfare indicators in dairy cows using a benchmarking approach.
Daniel Gieseke, Christian Lambertz, Matthias Gauly   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing dairy cow welfare during the grazing and housing periods on spring-calving, pasture-based dairy farms

Journal of Animal Science, 2021
The different periods characterizing spring-calving, pasture-based dairy systems common in Ireland have seldom been the focus of large-scale dairy cow welfare research.
R. Crossley, E. Bokkers, N. Browne, K. Sugrue, E. Kennedy, I. D. de Boer, M. Conneely   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Source identification and quantification of particulate matter emitted from livestock houses [PDF]

, 2010
There is need to identify and quantify the contribution of different sources to airborne particulate matter (PM) emissions from animal houses. To this end, we compared the chemical and morphological characteristics of fine and coarse PM from known ...
Aarnink, A.J.A., Cambra-López, M., Hermosilla, T., Lai, T.L.H., Montero, M., Ogink, N.W.M.   +5 more
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A Reliable Method to Assess Keel Bone Fractures in Laying Hens From Radiographs Using a Tagged Visual Analogue Scale

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
Up to 97% of laying hens housed in aviary systems are affected by keel bone fractures. Due to the scope of the problem, multiple efforts investigating causes and consequences of fractures have been conducted. The most frequently used techniques to detect
Christina Rufener, Sarah Baur, Ariane Stratmann, Michael J. Toscano   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source