Effects of perch design on behaviour and health of laying hens

Autor: E Struelens, FAM Tuyttens

Publikováno v: Animal Welfare. 18:533-538

EU-Directive 1999/74/EC stipulates that furnished cages and non-cage systems for laying hens should be provided with perches. This Directive allows for a wide variety in perch design features possibly affecting perch use and hen health. Perch materia

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https://doi.org/10.1017/s0962728600000956

Belgian consumers’ attitude towards surgical castration and immunocastration of piglets

Autor: F Vanhonacker, W Verbeke, FAM Tuyttens

Publikováno v: Animal Welfare. 18:371-380

In the vast majority of European countries, piglets are surgically castrated in order to eliminate the risk of boar taint, an odour or flavour that can be present when pork from entire males is cooked. However, surgical castration is the subject of m

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https://doi.org/10.1017/s0962728600000774

Welfare assessment of laying hens in furnished cages and non-cage systems: an on-farm comparison

Autor: TB Rodenburg, FAM Tuyttens, K de Reu, L Herman, J Zoons, B Sonck

Publikováno v: Animal Welfare, 17(4), 363-373
Animal Welfare 17 (2008) 4

From 2012 onwards, all laying hens in Europe will need to be housed either in furnished cages or non-cage systems (aviaries or floor-housing systems). In terms of animal welfare, furnished cages and non-cage systems both have advantages and disadvant

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Implementing animal welfare assessments at farm and group level: introduction and overview

Autor: TM Widowski, J Rushen, FAM Tuyttens, I Veissier

Publikováno v: Animal Welfare. 21:305-306

Over the past decade there has been huge growth in the implementation of animal welfare assessments and audits in a variety of animal applications around the world. These include quality assurance programmes for meat, milk and eggs, certification for

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Spitz-like tail carriage in two domestic cats.

Autor: Van Belle MJR; Ethology and Animal Welfare Research Group, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Heidestraat 19, Merelbeke 9820, Belgium. Electronic address: morgane.vanbelle@ugent.be., Gajdoš Kmecová N; University Veterinary Hospital - Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73 Košice 041 81, Slovakia., Moons CPH; Ethology and Animal Welfare Research Group, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Heidestraat 19, Merelbeke 9820, Belgium., Tuyttens FAM; Ethology and Animal Welfare Research Group, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Heidestraat 19, Merelbeke 9820, Belgium; Animal Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Scheldeweg 68, Melle 9090, Belgium., Mills DS; Animal Behaviour, Cognition & Welfare Group, Dept of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincs LN6 7DL, UK., De Keuster TCBM; Ethology and Animal Welfare Research Group, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Heidestraat 19, Merelbeke 9820, Belgium.

Publikováno v: Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) [Vet J] 2024 Dec; Vol. 308, pp. 106256. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 16.