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Assessment of animal diseases caused by bacteria resistant to antimicrobials: Swine

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW); Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Bicout, Dominique Joseph; Calistri, Paolo; Canali, Elisabetta; Drewe, Julian Ashley; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis; Gortazar Schmidt, Christian; Herskin, Mette; Michel, Virginie; Miranda Chueca, Miguel Angel; Padalino, Barbara; Pasquali, Paolo; Roberts, Helen Clare; Sihvonen, Liisa Helena; Spoolder, Hans; Stahl, Karl; Velarde, Antonio; Viltrop, Arvo; Winckler, Christoph; Dewulf, Jeroen; Guardabassi, Luca; Hilbert, Friederike; Mader, Rodolphe; Baldinelli, Francesca; Alvarez, Julio (Wiley Open Access, 2021-12-24)

In this opinion, the antimicrobial-resistant bacteria responsible for transmissible diseases that constitute a threat to the health of pigs have been assessed. The assessment has been performed following ...

Assessment of animal diseases caused by bacteria resistant to antimicrobials: kept fish species

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW); Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Bicout, Dominique Joseph; Calistri, Paolo; Canali, Elisabetta; Drewe, Julian Ashley; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis; Gortazar Schmidt, Christian; Herskin, Mette; Michel, Virginie; Miranda Chueca, Miguel Angel; Padalino, Barbara; Pasquali, Paolo; Roberts, Helen Clare; Spoolder, Hans; Stahl, Karl; Velarde, Antonio; Viltrop, Arvo; Winckler, Christoph; Dewulf, Jeroen; Guardabassi, Luca; Hilbert, Friederike; Mader, Rodolphe; Romalde, Jesús L; Smith, Peter; Baldinelli, Francesca; Kohnle, Lisa; Alvarez, Julio (Wiley Open Access, 2022-02-02)

In this Opinion, the antimicrobial-resistant bacteria responsible for transmissible diseases that constitute a threat to the health of certain kept fish species have been assessed. Atlantic salmon (Salmo ...

Animal Welfare and Meat Quality Assessment in Gas Stunning during Commercial Slaughter of Pigs Using Hypercapnic-Hypoxia (20% CO2 2% O2) Compared to Acute Hypercapnia (90% CO2 in Air)

Atkinson, Sophie; Algers, Bo; Pallisera, Joaquim; Velarde, Antonio; Llonch, Pol (MDPI, 2020-12-20)

Animals must be stunned before slaughter to avoid fear, pain, and distress. In pigs, the most extensively used method is exposure to hypercapnia (high (>80%) concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2)). ...

Risk of survival, establishment and spread of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) in the EU

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW); More, Simon; Miranda, Miguel Ángel; Bicout, Dominique; Bøtner, Anette; Butterworth, Andrew; Calistri, Paolo; Depner, Klaus; Edwards, Sandra; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Good, Margaret; Michel, Virginie; Raj, Mohan; Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Sihvonen, Liisa; Spoolder, Hans; Stegeman, Jan Arend; Thulke, Hans-Hermann; Velarde, Antonio; Willeberg, Preben; Winckler, Christoph; Baláz, Vojtech; Martel, An; Murray, Kris; Fabris, Chiara; Munoz-Gajardo, Irene; Gogin, Andrey; Verdonck, Frank; Gortázar Schmidt, Christian (Wiley, 2018-04-30)

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) is an emerging fungal pathogen of salamanders. Despite limited surveillance, Bsal was detected in kept salamanders populations in Belgium, Germany, Spain, the ...

Should Animal Welfare be Included in Educational Programs? Attitudes of Secondary and University Students from Eight EU Countries

Pejman, Niloofar; Kallas, Zein; Reig, Lourdes; Velarde, Antonio; Moreno, María; Magnani, Diego; Protopapadaki, Vicky; Ribikauskas, Vytautas; Ribikauskienė, Daiva; Dalmau, Antoni (Routledge, 2021-08-26)

Animal Welfare (AW) educational programs aim to promote positive attitudes of future generations toward animal production systems. This study investigated whether secondary and university students in ...

Methodological guidance for the development of animal welfare mandates in the context of the Farm to Fork Strategy

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW); Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Alvarez, Julio; Bicout, Dominique Joseph; Calistri, Paolo; Canali, Elisabetta; Drewe, Julian Ashley; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis; Gortázar Schmidt, Christian; Herskin, Mette; Miranda Chueca, Miguel Ángel; Michel, Virginie; Padalino, Barbara; Pasquali, Paolo; Roberts, Helen Clare; Spoolder, Hans; Stahl, Karl; Velarde, Antonio; Viltrop, Arvo; Edwards, Sandra; Ashe, Sean; Candiani, Denise; Fabris, Chiara; Lima, Eliana; Mosbach-Schulz, Olaf; Rojo Gimeno, Cristina; Van der Stede, Yves; Vitali, Marika; Winckler, Christoph (Wiley Open Access, 2022-07-12)

This document provides methodological guidance developed by the EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare to produce Scientific Opinions in response to mandates received from the European Commission in ...

The effects of environmental enrichment on the physiology, behaviour, productivity and meat quality of pigs raised in a hot climate

Fàbrega, Emma; Marcet-Rius, Míriam; Vidal, Roger; Escribano, Damián; Cerón, José Joaquín; Manteca, Xavier; Velarde, Antonio (MDPI, 2019-05-13)

European Union (EU) legislation states that the routine tail docking of pigs should not be carried out and that manipulable materials should be made available to all pigs to prevent tail biting and allow ...

Urgent advice on lumpy skin disease EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare

Miranda, Miguel Angel; Stegeman, Jan Arend; Bicout, Dominique; Botner, Anette; Butterworth, Andrew; Calistri, Paolo; Depner, Klaus; Edwards, Sandra; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Good, Margaret; Gortazar Schmidt, Christian; Michel, Virginie; More, Simon; Raj, Mohan; Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Sihvonen, Lisa; Spoolder, Hans; Thulke, Hans H.; Velarde, Antonio; Willeberg, Preben; Winckler, Christoph (Wiley Open Access, 2016-08-09)

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 ...

Welfare of laying hens on farm

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Animal Welfare (AHAW); Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Alvarez, Julio; Bicout, Dominique Joseph; Calistri, Paolo; Canali, Elisabetta; Drewe, Julian Ashley; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis; Gortázar Schmidt, Christian; Herskin, Mette; Miranda Chueca, Miguel Ángel; Padalino, Barbara; Pasquali, Paolo; Roberts, Helen Clare; Spoolder, Hans; Stahl, Karl; Velarde, Antonio; Viltrop, Arvo; Winckler, Christoph; Estevez, Inmaculada; Guinebretière, Maryse; Rodenburg, Bas; Schrader, Lars; Tiemann, Inga; Van Niekerk, Thea; Ardizzone, Michele; Ashe, Sean; Hempen, Michaela; Mosbach-Schulz, Olaf; Rojo Gimeno, Cristina; Van der Stede, Yves; Vitali, Marika; Michel, Virginie (Wiley Open Access, 2023-02-21)

This scientific opinion focuses on the welfare of laying hens, pullets and layer breeders on farm. The most relevant husbandry systems used in Europe are described. For each system, highly relevant ...

Assessment of the control measures of the category A diseases of Animal Health Law: Burkholderia mallei (Glanders)

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW); Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Alvarez, Julio; Bicout, Dominique Joseph; Calistri, Paolo; Canali, Elisabetta; Drewe, Julian Ashley; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Gonzales Rojas, José Luis; Schmidt, Christian Gortázar; Herskin, Mette; Michel, Virginie; Miranda Chueca, Miguel Ángel; Padalino, Barbara; Pasquali, Paolo; Spoolder, Hans; Ståhl, Karl; Velarde, Antonio; Viltrop, Arvo; Winckler, Christoph; Gubbins, Simon; Laroucau, Karine; Antoniou, Sotiria-Eleni; Aznar, Inma; Broglia, Alessandro; Lima, Eliana; Van der Stede, Yves; Zancanaro, Gabriele; Roberts, Helen Clare (Wiley Open Access, 2022-01-12)

EFSA received a mandate from the European Commission to assess the effectiveness of some of the control measures against diseases included in the Category A list according to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 ...

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