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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)
(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)). ...
Rift Valley Fever – assessment of effectiveness of surveillance and control measures in the EU
(Wiley, 2020-11-05)
Effectiveness of surveillance and control measures against Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Mayotte (overseas France) and in continental EU were assessed using mathematical models. Surveillance for early ...
Improving animal health on organic dairy farms: Stakeholder views on policy options
(MDPI, 2020-04-09)
Although ensuring good animal health is a stated aim of organic livestock farming and an important reason why consumers purchase organic products, the health states actually achieved are comparable to ...
To Provide a Double Feeder in Growing Pigs Housed under High Environmental Temperatures Reduces Social Interactions but Does Not Improve Weight Gains
(MDPI, 2020-11-30)
Heat stress and competition for food are two major challenges in pigs reared in intensive
conditions. The aim of the present work was to study the e ect of providing a double feeder for pigs
reared ...
Welfare of cattle at slaughter
(Wiley, 2020-11-03)
The killing of cattle for human consumption (slaughtering) can take place in a slaughterhouse or on farm. The processes of slaughtering that were assessed for welfare, from the arrival of cattle until ...
Intact tails as a welfare indicator in finishing pigs? Scoring of tail lesions and defining intact tails in undocked pigs at the abattoir
(Frontiers Media, 2020-07-16)
Tail biting lesions are a potential measure of on-farm animal welfare, as a large range of stressors increase the risk for tail biting outbreaks. Further, tail biting is a major challenge, as lesions ...
Rift Valley Fever: risk of persistence, spread and impact in Mayotte (France)
(Wiley, 2020-04-15)
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a vector-borne disease transmitted by different mosquito species, especially Aedes and Culex genus, to animals and humans. In November 2018, RVF re-emerged in Mayotte (France) ...
Scientific opinion concerning the killing of rabbits for purposes other than slaughter
(Wiley, 2020-01-10)
Rabbits of different ages may have to be killed on-farm for purposes other than slaughter (where
slaughter is defined as killing for human consumption) either individually or on a large scale (e.g. ...
Health and welfare of rabbits farmed in different production systems
(Wiley, 2020-01-09)
The AGRI committee of the European Parliament requested EFSA to assess the welfare of rabbits
farmed in different production systems, including organic production, and to update its 2005 scientific
opinion ...
Rift Valley Fever – epidemiological update and risk of introduction into Europe
(Wiley, 2020-03-06)
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a vector-borne disease transmitted by a broad spectrum of mosquito species, especially Aedes and Culex genus, to animals (domestic and wild ruminants and camels) and humans. ...