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
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
...animals, plants, soil, farmers, and society (food quality, animal welfare). Both challenge the dominant food and farming systems. Both try to engag...
...a particular dietary pattern such as vegan, vegetarian or flexitarian, for animal welfare, sustainability or health reasons or simply because it ta...
...onment is also increasing. Furthermore, the methods used to house animals, animal welfare issues, and the high use of antibiotics are coming under ...
The main aims are to 1) define positive farm animal welfare and clarify its concepts, 2) identify valid approaches to assess positive animal welfare, ...
General introductionThe aim of the 4-year aWISH project (Animal Welfare Indicators at the SlaughterHouse) is the large-scale, automated at-slaughter m...
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...
...revent tail-biting and other behavioral disorders. The client (the Flemish Animal Welfare Service) is apprehensive about the possible deterioration...
...conducted to gain insight into carcass and meat quality, animal health and animal welfare of immunocastrates at certain feed formulations, compared...
...a signal of a low body condition on average (and thus potentially impaired animal welfare), nor is it only financially disadvantageous, but it also...