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Frontiers in Animal Science, 2022 IntroductionThe impact of pre-slaughter management practices on fed beef cattle welfare is a multifaceted and well researched subject matter. Factors such as transportation, handling, lairage time and several animal characteristics can directly impact ...
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 In many dairy industries, but particularly those that are pasture-based and have seasonal calving, “surplus calves,” which are mostly male, are killed at a young age because they are of low value and it is not economically viable to raise them.
Laura A. Boyle, John F. Mee
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Current Knowledge on the Transportation by Road of Cattle, including Unweaned Calves
Animals, 2023 Transport conditions have the potential to alter the physiological responses of animals to the psychological or physical stress of transport. Transportation may introduce multiple physical and psychological stressors to unweaned calves and adult cattle ...
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Encoding of Emotional Valence in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Calls
Animals, 2018 Measuring emotions in nonhuman mammals is challenging. As animals are not able to verbally report how they feel, we need to find reliable indicators to assess their emotional state. Emotions can be described using two key dimensions: valence (negative or
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Proceedings, 2020 Goat production in Chile is carried by small-scale farmers obtaining milk and cheese as the main products. The welfare of goats under these types of production systems is currently unknown and no appropriate validated operational welfare indicators are ...
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Effect of range use on endo- and ectoparasite infestation in italian organic egg production
Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2019 In organic farms, hens can freely access the outdoor areas, a potential source of helminth infections. This study aimed to evaluate the effective use of free-range access in organic laying hen’s farms located in Italy. The other objective was to quantify
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Net National Product as a Welfare Indicator [PDF]
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1994 Summary: The question of whether changes in NNP will measure changes in welfare is investigated in this paper. Weitzman demonstrated that under specific conditions, NNP is proportional to discounted consumption. The result requires NNP to be measured in current prices in utility units.
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Battery Change Improves the Welfare of Laying Hens
Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023 The aim of this study was to assess the welfare of the laying hens in two different housing systems (conventional batteries and furnished colony cages), evaluating the housing conditions and management practices and some animal-linked parameters (feather
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Porcine Health Management, 2021 Background The use of processed secondary data for health monitoring of fattening pigs has been established in various areas, such as the use of antibiotics or in the context of meat inspection.
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Sharing the road that leads to improvement of Equine Welfare
, 2015 AWIN - Animal Welfare Indicators. Final Conference: the welfare assessment protocols using animal-based indicators, including pain, in horses and donkeys and ...
P. Scholz +8 more
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