Analgesia during Parturition in Domestic Animals: Perspectives and Controversies on Its Use
Animals, 2022 This article analyzes the physiological role of pain during parturition in domestic animals, discusses the controversies surrounding the use of opioids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and local analgesics as treatments during labor, and ...
Daniel Mota-Rojas +8 more
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Neurophysiology of Milk Ejection and Prestimulation in Dairy Buffaloes
Animals, 2022 The present review aims to integrate the anatomical characteristics of the mammary gland and the neurophysiology of milk ejection to understand the milking capacity of the water buffalo. Since one of the main uses of this species is milk production, this
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Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Thermoregulation in newborn mammals is an essential species-specific mechanism of the nervous system that contributes to their survival during the first hours and days of their life.
Karina Lezama-García +10 more
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Parental behavior and newborn attachment in birds: life history traits and endocrine responses
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 In birds, parental care and attachment period differ widely depending on the species (altricial or precocial), developmental strategies, and life history traits.
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Animals, 2020 The assessment of animal welfare poses numerous challenges, yet an emerging approach is the consolidation of existing knowledge into new frameworks which can offer standardised approaches to welfare assessment across a variety of contexts. Multiple tools
Zoe Raw +12 more
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Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies
Animal Welfare, 2023 It has been suggested that grazing horses could be used as a credible tool for landscape conservation which would, at the same time, improve horse welfare as opposed to conventional housing. A study was conducted between May 2014 and April 2015 on 12 one
Sofie M Viksten +3 more
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Examination of the impact and effectiveness of herd health and welfare assessment in im-proving animal welfare on organic dairy farms, using qualitative interviews. [PDF]
, 2006 During winter 2002-03, 15 organic dairy farms in SW England participated in a herd health and welfare assessment and benchmarking study. A second assessment was carried out on 14 of the original 15 farms and on 14 new farms during winter 2003-04.
Burke, Dr J, Roderick, Dr S
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Development of an advisory system that supports good animal welfare in organic production in Norway [PDF]
, 2004 Organic agriculture wishes to emphasise animal welfare, and aims to be at the forefront with regard to promoting the welfare of farm animals. It is therefore important to increase the expertise in the field of animal welfare in organic farming systems ...
Henriksen, Britt I. F.
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Transforming Front-Line Child Welfare Practice: The Impacts of Institutional Settings on Services, Employment Environments, Children, and Families (SYNTHESIS REPORT) [PDF]
, 2010 In 2006, the Ontario government launched an ambitious and multi-faceted Transformation Agenda for child welfare services. Among this Agenda’s objectives was the development of more cooperative helping relationships in child welfare, reducing the system’s
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Animals, 2021 We previously developed a Ten-Stage Protocol for scientifically assessing the welfare of individual free-roaming wild animals using the Five Domains Model. The protocol includes developing methods for measuring or observing welfare indices. In this study,
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