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Scientific Opinion on animal health risk mitigation treatments as regards imports of animal casings [PDF]

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2012
<p>Salting with NaCl for 30 days is a well-established and accepted procedure in the casings industry and it has been the standard animal health risk mitigation treatment prescribed in EU legislation for many years.
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare
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Using focus groups with dairy cattle veterinarians to explore learning about calf welfare

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Dairy calf welfare is a growing interest within the veterinary field. However, a limited understanding of the conception of calf welfare by dairy cattle veterinarians can hinder efforts to promote welfare improvements on farms.
Christine L Sumner   +2 more
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Metabolic and behavioural effects of hermit crab shell removal techniques: Is heating less invasive than cracking?

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Hermit crabs (Paguroidea; Latreille 1802) offer great opportunities to study animal behaviour and physiology. However, the animals’ size and sex cannot be determined when they are inside their shell; information crucial to many experimental designs. Here,
Luis M Burciaga, Guillermina Alcaraz
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Scientific Opinion on the use of animal-based measures to assess welfare of broilers [PDF]

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2012
<p>Animal-based measures (ABM) can be used effectively in the on-farm evaluation of broiler welfare in relation to laws, codes of practice, quality assurance schemes, management and also partly for ante-mortem inspection. Some ABM can also be taken
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare
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Assessing animal welfare impact of fourteen control and dispatch methods for house mouse (Mus musculus), Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and black rat (Rattus rattus)

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Population control of the house mouse (Mus musculus), Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and black rat (Rattus rattus) is common practice worldwide. Our objective was to assess the impact on animal welfare of lethal and non-lethal control methods, including ...
Ciska De Ruyver   +6 more
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Can dogs help chickens? Pet owners’ willingness to pay for animal welfare-friendly pet food in the United States

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Consumer concern about farmed animal welfare is growing but does not always translate into real-world purchasing behaviour of welfare-friendly animal products for human consumption.
Hillary Pearce   +3 more
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Expert assessment of the impact of ship-strikes on cetacean welfare using the Welfare Assessment Tool for Wild Cetaceans

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Human activities are increasingly impacting our oceans and the focus tends to be on their environmental impacts, rather than consequences for animal welfare. Global shipping density has quadrupled since 1992.
Francesca Rae   +2 more
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Perceptions of laboratory animal veterinarians regarding institutional transparency

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Institutions using animals for research typically have a veterinarian who is responsible for the veterinary care programme and compliance with regulatory obligations.
Michael W Brunt, Daniel M Weary
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Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Lion (Panthera leo) cubs are used in wildlife interaction tourism but the effects on cub welfare are unknown. We assessed the behaviour of three cohorts of lion cubs, twelve animals in total, at three different interaction facilities, using continuous ...
Ann Wilson, Clive JC Phillips
doaj   +1 more source

The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human–Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare

open access: yesAnimals, 2020
Simple Summary This review outlines the latest in a succession of updates of the Five Domains Model, which, at each stage, incorporated contemporary verified scientific thinking of relevance to animal welfare assessment.
D. Mellor   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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