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Are Tail and Ear Movements Indicators of Emotions in Tail-Docked Pigs in Response to Environmental Enrichment?

Marcet-Rius, Míriam; Fàbrega, Emma; Cozzi, Alessandro; Bienboire-Frosini, Cécile; Descout, Estelle; Velarde, Antonio; Pageat, Patrick (MDPI, 2019-07-16)

The inclusion of emotional indicators in farm monitoring methods can improve welfare assessments. Studies in controlled conditions have suggested that increased tail movement is an indicator of positive ...

Relevant indicators of consciousness after waterbath stunning in turkeys and stunning efficiency in commercial conditions

Contreras-Jodar, Alexandra; Varvaró-Porter , Aranzazu; Velarde, Antonio; Michel, Virginie (MDPI, 2023-02-14)

The prevalence and inter-observer repeatability of the four most valid and feasible indicators of consciousness after waterbath stunning in turkeys were evaluated before bleeding (i.e., tonic convulsion, ...

Modeling heat stress under organic dairy farming conditions in warm temperate climates within the Mediterranean basin

Blanco-Penedo, Isabel; Velarde, Antonio; Kipling, Richard P.; Ruete, Alejandro (Springer, 2020-08-25)

We studied the effect of heat stress on milk quality in Spanish organic dairy farms using published milk productivity equations. We collected data from 23 weather stations and 14,424 milk test-days ...

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 ...

Scientific Opinion on the assessment of the control measures for category A diseases of Animal Health Law: Foot and Mouth Disease

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; Gortázar Schmidt, Christian; Herskin, Mette; Michel, Virginie; Miranda Chueca, Miguel Ángel; Padalino, Barbara; Pasquali, Paolo; Sihvonen, Liisa Helena; Spoolder, Hans; Ståhl, Karl; Velarde, Antonio; Viltrop, Arvo; Winckler, Christoph; De Clercq, Kris; Gubbins, Simon; Klement, Eyal; Stegeman, Jan Arend; Antoniou, Sotiria-Eleni; Aznar, Inma; Broglia, Alessandro; Papanikolaou, Alexandra; Van der Stede, Yves; Zancanaro, Gabriele; Roberts, Helen Clare (Wiley Open Access, 2021-06-08)

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 ...

Assessing the health status of managed honeybee colonies (HEALTHY-B): a toolbox to facilitate harmonised data collection

Miranda, Miguel Angel; Bicout, Dominique; Botner, Anette; Butterworth, Andrew; Calistri, Paolo; Depner, Klaus; Edwards, Sandra; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Good, Margaret; Gortazar Schmidt, Christian; Michel, Virginie; More, Simon; Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Raj, Mohan; Sihvonen, Lisa; Spoolder, Hans; Stegeman, Jan Arend; Thulke, Hans H.; Velarde, Antonio; Willeberg, Preben; Winckler, Christoph (Wiley Open Access, 2016-10-25)

Tools are provided to assess the health status of managed honeybee colonies by facilitating further harmonisation of data collection and reporting, design of field surveys across the European Union ...

Welfare of pigs during transport

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; Michel, Virginie; Miranda Chueca, Miguel Ángel; Padalino, Barbara; Pasquali, Paolo; Roberts, Helen Clare; Spoolder, Hans; Stahl, Karl; Velarde, Antonio; Viltrop, Arvo; Winckler, Christoph; Earley, Bernadette; Edwards, Sandra; Faucitano, Luigi; Marti, Sonia; Miranda de La Lama, Genaro C; Costa, Leonardo Nanni; Thomsen, Peter T; Ashe, Sean; Mur, Lina; Van der Stede, Yves; Herskin, Mette (Wiley Open Access, 2022-09-07)

In the framework of its Farm to Fork Strategy, the Commission is undertaking a comprehensive evaluation of the animal welfare legislation. The present Opinion deals with protection of pigs during ...

Guidance on the assessment criteria for applications for new or modified stunning methods regarding animal protection at the time of killing

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Animal Welfare (AHAW); More, Simon; Bicout, Dominique; Bøtner, Anette; Butterworth, Andrew; Calistri, Paolo; Depner, Klaus; Edwards, Sandra; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Good, Margaret; Gortázar Schmidt, Christian; Miranda, Miguel Ángel; Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Velarde, Antonio; Thulke, Hans-Hermann; Sihvonen, Liisa; Spoolder, Hans; Stegeman, Jan Arend; Raj, Mohan; Willeberg, Preben; Winckler, Christoph; Marano, Remigio; Verdonck, Frank; Candiani, Denise; Michel, Virginie (Wiley, 2018-07-19)

This guidance deﬁnes the process for handling applications on new or modiﬁed stunning methods and the parameters that will be assessed by the EFSA Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) Panel. The applications, ...

Effects of human-animal relationship on animal productivity and welfare

Mota-Rojas, Daniel; Maurice Broom, Donald; Orihuela, Agustín; Velarde, Antonio; Napolitano, Fabio; Alonso-Spilsbury, María (Malque Publishing, 2020-06-04)

This is a literature review of the effects of humans´ relationships with farm animals on animal productivity and welfare, including the following topics: definition of the concept and description of ...

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 ...

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