Current trends in the global milk market and the recent abolition of milk quotas have
accelerated the trend of the European dairy industry towards larger farm sizes and higher …

The welfare of growing-finishing pigs is important inherently to the pigs, but also for the
societal acceptance and environmental impact of the husbandry system. Nevertheless …

Young adults in developed countries are distanced from agriculture and the meat industry
needs to do a better job of communicating with them. A major welfare concern is slaughter …

Abstract Knowledge of potential synergies and trade-offs between housing and
management factors for different aspects of animal welfare is essential for farmers who aim …

Incorporating indicators for pig health and welfare at meat inspection could reduce the need
for on-farm assessments. Skin and tail lesions are important welfare indicators in pigs with …

A central aim of animal welfare science is to be able to compare the effects of different ways
of keeping, managing or treating animals based on welfare indicators. A system to …

The objective of this study was to examine the association of herd size with animal welfare in
dairy cattle herds. Therefore, 80 conventional dairy cattle farms were classified by the …

Public concern about the welfare of farm animals and the livestock industry's awareness of
the need to improve animal welfare have led to the implementation of new tools designed to …

The different periods characterizing spring-calving, pasture-based dairy systems common in
Ireland have seldom been the focus of large-scale dairy cow welfare research. Thus, the aim …

The economic, environmental and social sustainability of Dutch dairy farms have attracted
increasing societal concern in the past decades. In this paper, we propose a recently …