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Corrigendum: COVID-19 Effects on Livestock Production: A One Welfare Issue [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Jeremy N. Marchant-Forde, Laura A. Boyle
doaj   +2 more sources

BVD seroprevalence in the Irish cattle population as the national BVD programme progresses toward eradication

open access: yesBMC Veterinary Research, 2022
Background Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV) infection remains endemic in many countries worldwide. Ireland, in common with several other European counties, commenced an BVDV eradication programme in the last decade, Managing eradication programmes ...
Damien Barrett   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Relationship Between Human Social Deprivation and Animal Surrender to Shelters in British Columbia, Canada

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Previous studies identify owner-related issues, such as cost and housing, as common reasons for relinquishment of companion animals to animal shelters. It is likely that the burden of surrendering for owner-related reasons falls on those who are socially
Lexis H. Ly   +2 more
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Development and Application of a Prioritization Tool for Animal Health Surveillance Activities in Ireland

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Decisions around animal health management by stakeholders are often subject to resource limitation, therefore prioritization processes are required to evaluate whether effort is attributed appropriately.
AnneMarie Clarke   +5 more
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“Cattle Welfare Is Basically Human Welfare”: Workers' Perceptions of ‘Animal Welfare' on Two Dairies in China

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
‘Animal welfare' (动物福利) is a foreign term in China, and stakeholder interpretations can affect receptiveness to the concept. Our aim was to explore workers' perceptions of animal welfare on two dairies in China.
Maria Chen, Daniel M. Weary
doaj   +1 more source

Links between animal welfare and “One Health”: perception and implementation in Latin America

open access: yesFrontiers in Animal Science, 2023
IntroductionThe recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the crucial role of the “One Health” (OH) concept in the prevention, early detection, and mitigation of health issues involving humans, animals, and the environment.
Débora Silvia Racciatti   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why Do Hens Pile? Hypothesizing the Causes and Consequences

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Piling is a behavior in laying hens whereby individuals aggregate in larger densities than would be normally expected. When piling behavior leads to mortalities it is known as smothering and its frequent but unpredictable occurrence is a major concern ...
Helen Gray   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability of Rearing System Using Multicriteria Analysis: Application in Commercial Poultry Production

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
The aim of the present study was to develop a multicriteria model for the comparison of three commercial poultry farms: organic with Ross 308 genotype (OR), organic with Naked Neck genotype (ONN) and a conventional system (C), which represents the most ...
Lucia Rocchi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Trial of a Solar-Powered, Cooperative Sensor/Actuator, Opto-Acoustical, Virtual Road-Fence to Mitigate Roadkill in Tasmania, Australia

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
When wildlife and motor vehicles collide, the result for the animals is often death (roadkill). A commercial roadkill mitigation device that forms a so-called virtual fence (VF), is said to reduce roadkill by up to 90%.
Bruce Englefield   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Welfare in One-Sided Matching Mechanisms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
We study the Price of Anarchy of mechanisms for the well-known problem of one-sided matching, or house allocation, with respect to the social welfare objective. We consider both ordinal mechanisms, where agents submit preference lists over the items, and cardinal mechanisms, where agents may submit numerical values for the items being allocated.
George Christodoulou 0001   +5 more
openaire   +6 more sources

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