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Urgent advice on lumpy skin disease

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2016
In order to assess the effects on disease spread and persistence of partial stamping out of only clinically affected animals in holdings where the presence of lumpy skin disease has been confirmed, against total stamping‐out policy of infected herds ...
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare
doaj   +1 more source

Scientific Opinion on the use of low atmosphere pressure system (LAPS) for stunning poultry [PDF]

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2014
The EFSA’s Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW Panel) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the use of a low atmosphere pressure system (LAPS) for stunning poultry. Four documents were provided by the European Commission (EC) as the basis for
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
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

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

The Impact of the 2018 Tariffs on Prices and Welfare

open access: yesJournal of Economic Perspectives, 2019
We examine conventional approaches to evaluating the economic impact of protectionist trade policies. We illustrate these conventional approaches by applying them to the tariffs introduced by the Trump administration during 2018.
M. Amiti, S. Redding, David E. Weinstein
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Welfare systems without economic growth: A review of the challenges and next steps for the field

open access: yes, 2021
Welfare systems across the OECD face many combined challenges, with rising inequality, demographic changes and environmental crises likely to drive up welfare demand in the coming decades.
C. Walker, A. Druckman, Tim Jackson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Scientific Opinion on the influence of genetic parameters on the welfare and the resistance to stress of commercial broilers

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2010
This scientific opinion describes the influence of genetic parameters that have affected the welfare of commercial broilers. There is a lack of robust scientific data for Europe on welfare outcome indicators and these should be recorded independently and
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare
doaj   +1 more source

The Welfare Effects of Social Media

open access: yesThe American Economic Review, 2019
The rise of social media has provoked both optimism about potential societal benefits and concern about harms such as addiction, depression, and political polarization.
Hunt Allcott   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Costs and Benefits of Improving Farm Animal Welfare

open access: yes, 2021
It costs money to improve the welfare of farm animals. For people with animals under their care, there are many factors to consider regarding changes in practice to improve welfare, and the optimal course of action is not always obvious. Decision support
J. Fernandes   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Unified Welfare Analysis of Government Policies*

open access: yesQuarterly Journal of Economics, 2019
We conduct a comparative welfare analysis of 133 historical policy changes over the past half-century in the United States, focusing on policies in social insurance, education and job training, taxes and cash transfers, and in-kind transfers.
Nathaniel Hendren, Ben Sprung-Keyser
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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