Animal hoarding: not just an animal welfare issue

2014 ◽  
Vol 174 (23) ◽  
pp. 569-571 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Welfare Issue ◽  
Animal Welfare Issue

scholarly journals Associations between Pre-Slaughter and Post-Slaughter Indicators of Animal Welfare in Cull Cows

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Sánchez-Hidalgo ◽  
Carla Rosenfeld ◽  
Carmen Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Severity Score ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Process Indicators ◽  
Cull Cows ◽  
Welfare Issue ◽  
Animal Welfare Issue

The objective of this study was to evaluate the welfare of cull cows in a slaughtering plant, using indicators of health on arrival and indicators of handling during the stunning process. These pre-slaughter indicators were associated with post-slaughter indicators of the same cows, such as carcass bruising and condemnations. Transport staff surveys showed that all drivers had been trained on animal welfare. All loads of cows came directly from farms and had an average transport duration of 5 h 22 min. Indicators were registered in 237 cows during unloading at the slaughterhouse and in the stunning box. Bruises and condemnations were recorded post-slaughter in the carcasses of the same cows. Results at arrival showed that 48% of the cows had low body condition, 50% had mammary problems, and 24% suffered from lameness. During stunning, 16% of cows needed a second shot, and 54% exceeded the 60 s established as a recommended interval between stunning and bleeding. During the post-slaughter evaluation, 50% of the carcasses had more than two bruises and 70.46% had a bruise severity score different from zero. Low body condition was a risk factor to increase the severity of bruises; low body condition and mammary problems increased carcass condemnations; the stunning process indicators were not statistically associated with the severity of the bruises. For cull cows the main animal welfare issue originates at farm level.

Play behaviour in nonhuman animals and the animal welfare issue

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Flora Sarti Oliveira ◽  
André Oliveira Rossi ◽  
Luana Finocchiaro Romualdo Silva ◽  
Michele Correa Lau ◽  
Rodrigo Egydio Barreto
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Play Behaviour ◽  
Welfare Issue ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Animal Welfare Issue

Lab animal welfare issue gathers momentum

Science ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 223 (4635) ◽  
pp. 468-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Fox
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Welfare Issue ◽  
Animal Welfare Issue
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