Animal welfare initiatives improve feather cover of cage-free laying hens in the UK
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, farm assurance, feather loss, hen, industry, policy
2016
Development and application of a protocol to evaluate herd welfare in Dutch dairy farms
Publication/Journal: Livestock Science
Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, behavior, cattle, claw health, clinical lameness, dairy & animal science, dairy farming, deprivation, evaluation procedure, expert opinion, holstein cows, housing systems, reliability
2015
Best practice framework for animal welfare certification schemes
Publication/Journal: Trends in Food Science & Technology
Keywords: animal welfare certification, best practices
2014
Assurance schemes as a tool to tackle genetic welfare problems in farm animals: broilers
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, assurance schemes, broilers, fast growth, genetics, selective breeding
2010
Synthesis of semantic modelling and risk analysis methodology applied to animal welfare
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, decision-making, modelling, risk-assessment
2008