A recent telephone survey of 735 Dutch farmers with group housing of sows in early
pregnancy suggested a wide variation in reproductive success, irrespective of husbandry …

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 …

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 …

A study was conducted to determine the effects of feeding a corn-soybean meal (control) diet
vs. a corn-soybean meal–40% soybean hulls (high fiber) diet, as well as the frequency of …

Cognitive enrichment, a special form of environmental enrichment, addresses the cognitive
abilities of animals in captivity. Through cognitive interaction with the environment, the …

Simple Summary Climate change is probably the most important environmental issue of our
time. Raising animals for food contributes to the production of greenhouse gases implicated …

Cognitive processes, such as stimulus appraisal, are important in generating emotional
states and successful coping with cognitive challenges is thought to induce positive …

Scientific interest in farm animal welfare has grown rapidly in recent years because
consumers increasingly demand that farm animals are reared, transported, and slaughtered …