Animal welfare is a state within the animal and a scientific perspective provides
methodologies for evidence-based assessment of an animal's welfare. A simplistic definition …

The provision of straw in animal production systems is widely presumed to be beneficial for
the welfare of the animals. The aim of this paper is to review the scientific basis of this …

In animals, including humans, free access to high-quality (generally energy-dense) food can
result in obesity, leading to physiological and health problems. Consequently, various …

Factors that have been shown to impact the welfare of group-housed sows are discussed in
this review. Floor space allowance markedly affects sow welfare. In addition to quantity of …

During the past decades there has been considerable interest in the use of dietary fibre in
both animal and human nutrition. In human subjects dietary fibre has been studied …

The beneficial effects of dietary fiber (DF) from a behavioral and welfare perspective have
been thoroughly studied. However, data on the effects of DF on reproductive performance …

I discuss some of the major conceptual and methodological problems that have arisen in our
attempts to assess the relative levels of farm animal welfare in different housing systems. In …

With millions of affected animals worldwide, ungulates are the most prevalent mammalian
stereotypers. Agricultural ungulate stereotypies were also the first to attract serious scientific …

O tema do bem-estar tende atualmente a integrar o debate sobre os problemas éticos da
agricultura industrial em relação à qualidade do ambiente e à segurança alimentar …

Dietary fiber (DF) is receiving increasing attention, and its importance in pig nutrition is now
acknowledged. Although DF for pigs was frowned upon for a long time because of …