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Welfare of beef cattle

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2025.
Abstract This Scientific Opinion provides an assessment of beef cattle welfare focusing on risks related to flooring, water access, nutrition and feeding, high environmental temperatures, lack of environmental enrichment, lack of outdoor access, minimum space allowance and mixing practices. In addition, risks related to pasture and feedlots, weaning of
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW), Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Julio Alvarez, Anette Boklund, Sabine Dippel, Fernanda Dorea, Jordi Figuerola, Mette S. Herskin, Virginie Michel, Miguel Angel Miranda Chueca, Eleonora Nannoni, Romolo Nonno, Anja B. Riber, Karl Stahl, Jan Arend Stegeman, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Frank Tuyttens, Giulio Cozzi, Ute Knierim, Sònia Martí, Siobhan Mullan, Sean Ashe, Giulia Cecchinato, Eliana Lima, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Marika Vitali, Martina Benedetta Zanna, Christoph Winckler   +27 more
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Moving towards boar taint-free meat: an overview of alternatives to surgical castration from a chain perspective [PDF]

, 2009
The objective of this study is to review important issues in boar taint prevention without surgical castration, namely alternatives to surgical castration, factors influencing boar taint development and economic considerations associated with the ...
Backus, G.B.C., Baltussen, W.H.M., Valeeva, N.I.   +2 more
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Non-lethal elephant-population-control methods: summary of the first ESAG workshop [PDF]

, 2018
Management interventions are necessary to control elephant numbers within fenced wildlife reserves in South Africa. Use of non-lethal control methods is increasing, but information about their suitability and effects are not widely available.
Bates, Lucy A, Bertschinger, Henk, Delsink, Audrey, Garaï, Marion E, Pretorius, Yolande, Selier, Jeanetta, Zitzer, Heike R   +6 more
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Locally Grown Crops and Immunocastration in Fattening Heavy Pigs: Effects on Performance and Welfare

Animals, 2022
Simple Summary Soybean meal is the most common protein source for feeding pigs, but the livestock sector relies on imported soybean. Some studies have shown no adverse effects of replacing soybean meal with alternative protein sources on growth ...
I. Argemí-Armengol, Daniel Villalba, L. Vall, Ramon Coma, J. Roma, J. Álvarez‐Rodríguez   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk and protective factors for ASF in domestic pigs and wild boar in the EU, and mitigation measures for managing the disease in wild boar

EFSA Journal, Volume 22, Issue 12, December 2024.
Abstract Five epidemiological aspects of ASF were evaluated using literature reviews, field studies, questionnaires and mathematical models. First, a literature review and a case–control study in commercial pig farms emphasised the importance of biosecurity and farming practices, including the spread of manure around farms and the use of bedding ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Anette Ella Boklund, Karl Ståhl, Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca, Tomasz Podgórski, Timothée Vergne, José Cortiñas Abrahantes, Eleonora Cattaneo, Sofie Dhollander, Alexandra Papanikolaou, Stefania Tampach, Lina Mur   +11 more
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Extending the interval between second vaccination and slaughter: I. Effects on growth, scrotal size and stress responses of immunocastrated ram lambs

Animal, 2019
Immunocastration provides a less invasive means of castrating lambs. Considering increasing consumer awareness, the efficacy of this technique on commercial slaughter lambs needs to be further investigated and its effects on growth and stress responses ...
T. Needham, H. Lambrechts, L.C. Hoffman
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Animal welfare in the reformed Common Agricultural Policy: wherefore art thou? [PDF]

, 2015
Against the backdrop of the recently reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), this article considers the potential for improved standards of farm animal welfare within the Treaty objectives of the European Union.
Ryland, Diane
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A career in numbers: A citation network analysis of the work of RP Millar and his contribution to GnRH research

Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Volume 36, Issue 10, October 2024.
Here, we use citation network analysis in a novel manner to identify the particular topics to which RP Millar's papers have made a particular contribution. This analysis shows that it makes no sense to conceive of the citation impact of an author in isolation; it depends on the existence of a receptive community that is alert to the potential utility ...
Rhodri I. Leng, Gareth Leng
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Effects of combining immunocastration and β-adrenergic agonists on the blood metabolites and their correlations with performance and carcass traits of finished Nellore cattle

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2020
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of combining immunocastration and β-adrenergic agonists (β-AA) on blood metabolites and their correlations with performance and carcass traits of Nellore cattle.
Daniel Silva Antonelo, Juan Fernando Morales Gómez, Nara Regina Brandão Cônsolo, Madeline Rezende Mazon, Keni Eduardo Zanoni Nubiato, Camilla de Souza, Arlindo Saran Netto, Saulo da Luz e Silva   +7 more
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Feed interventions and skatole deposition [PDF]

, 2012
Skatole produced in the large intestine of the pig and the testicular steroid androstenone are the main substances contributing to boar tainted meat from entire male pigs.
Jensen, Rikke Lassen
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