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Indicators of improved gestation housing of sows. Part II: Effects on physiological measures, reproductive performance and health of the offspring

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Prenatal stress is the mechanism through which poor welfare of pregnant sows has detrimental effects on the health and resilience of their piglets. We compared two gestation housing systems (IMPROVED versus [conventional] CONTROL) in terms of sow stress ...
Martyna E Lagoda   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking the utility of the Five Domains model

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
The Five Domains model is influential in contemporary studies of animal welfare. It was originally presented as a conceptual model to understand the types of impact that procedures may impose on experimental animals.
Jordan O Hampton   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review of the DTS: Diathermic Syncope® system with a discussion regarding its use for kosher slaughter (shechita)

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Over the last several decades an alternative to current methods of stunning cattle has been developed. This system, DTS: Diathermic Syncope®, has been suggested to the Jewish and Muslim communities as a means to achieve pre-cut stunning in conformity ...
Ari Z Zivotofsky
doaj   +1 more source

Update on oral vaccination of foxes and raccoon dogs against rabies

open access: yesEFSA 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)
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking Welfare: The LDS Welfare Program vs Public Welfare

open access: yesStudia Humana, 2020
In his libertarian manifesto, For a New Liberty, Murray Rothbard [15] points to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an excellent model for what a private welfare program would look like in a free society.
Iglesias David R.
doaj   +1 more source

Using institutional ethnography to analyse animal sheltering and protection II: Animal shelter work

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Efficient adoption is an important aim of animal shelters, but it is not possible for all animals including those with serious behavioural problems. We used institutional ethnography to explore the everyday work of frontline shelter staff in a large ...
Katherine E Koralesky   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How might the public contribute to the discussion on cattle welfare? Perspectives of veterinarians and animal scientists

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Veterinarians and animal scientists can provide leadership on issues relevant to farm animal welfare, but perceptions of these stakeholders regarding societal expectations for welfare are underexplored.
Beth Ventura   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Good-enough principles for welfare [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The aim of this article is to widen the grounds of the debate on the relationship between values, social change and welfare reform. In the public debate on welfare reform and the Third Way the significance of the welfare politics and campaigns of civil ...
Williams, F.
core   +1 more source

Scientific Opinion on canine leishmaniosis

open access: yesEFSA 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
doaj   +1 more source

Scientific Opinion on bluetongue serotype 8

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2011
To answer a question from the European Commission on the potential special characteristics of bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 8 (BTV‐8) compared to other serotypes and their possible impact on the epidemiology of the disease, a systematic literature ...
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare
doaj   +1 more source

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