Animal welfare
Animal welfare is getting more and more attention from livestock producers, consumers and policymakers alike. But how can we continue to improve the w...
Addressing animal welfare issues
Search results for Animal Welfare
Protein diversification in food and nutrition
...a particular dietary pattern such as vegan, vegetarian or flexitarian, for animal welfare, sustainability or health reasons or simply because it ta...
Agroecology
...animals, plants, soil, farmers, and society (food quality, animal welfare). Both challenge the dominant food and farming systems. Both try to engag...
Precision livestock farming
...onment is also increasing. Furthermore, the methods used to house animals, animal welfare issues, and the high use of antibiotics are coming under ...
Lifting farm animal lives – laying the foundations for positive animal welfare
The main aims are to 1) define positive farm animal welfare and clarify its concepts, 2) identify valid approaches to assess positive animal welfare, ...
Animal Welfare Indicators at the SlaughterHouse
Framing introductionThe aim of the 4-year aWISH project (Animal Welfare Indicators at the SlaughterHouse) is the large-scale, automated at-slaughter m...
Alternatives to castration of piglets
Castration of piglets has been on the European animal welfare agenda for more than 20 years. As of Jan. 1, 2024, in Belgium this can only be done with...
Potential (research) approach to reduce/stop routine tail docking and keeping pigs with long(er) tails
...revent tail-biting and other behavioral disorders. The client (the Flemish Animal Welfare Service) is apprehensive about the possible deterioration...
Research into the optimization of group housing of does
Measuring and managing sow condition for optimal longevity and lifelong production
...a signal of a low body condition on average (and thus potentially impaired animal welfare), nor is it only financially disadvantageous, but it also...