Farmer perspectives on welfare outcome assessment: learnings from four farm assurance scheme consultation exercises
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy, farm assurance schemes, farmer perspectives, laying hens, outcome-based measures
2018
Sheep farmers’ attitudes to farm inspections and the role of sanctions and rewards as motivation to reduce the prevalence of lameness
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, lameness, legislation, rewards, sanctions
2018
Welfare Effects of the Use of a Combination of Local Anesthesia and NSAID for Disbudding Analgesia in Dairy Calves—Reviewed Across Different Welfare Concerns
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: affective state, behavior, dehorning, local anesthesia, NSAID, pain, welfare
2018
Access to litter during rearing and environmental enrichment during production reduce fearfulness in adult laying hens
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: environmental enrichment, fearfulness, laying hen, litter, rearing, welfare
2017
Contact with cows during the young age increases social competence and lowers the cardiac stress reaction in dairy calves
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: alternative calf rearing, confrontation, dairy calves, dam rearing, isolation, stress reactivity
2017
Farmers’ perception of aggression between growing pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, farmers, perception, pig, survey
2017
Implementation of the European legislation to protect farm animals: a case study on French inspections to find solutions to improve compliance
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, compliance, eu legislation, inspections, overall assessment
2017
Study investigating the attitudes and opinions of cattle farmers and veterinarians in the UK on the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for post-disbudding analgesia of calves
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: analgesia, animal welfare, calves, disbudding, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids), veterinarian and farmer
2017
The Welfare Quality® assessment protocol: how can it be adapted to family farming dual purpose cattle raised under extensive systems in tropical conditions?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, bos indicus, bos taurus, dual purpose cows, sustainability, tropics
2017
The willingness of conventional farmers to participate in animal welfare programmes: an empirical study in Germany
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, cluster analysis, factor analysis, farmers, germany
2017