A selection of animal welfare news from around the world
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Please note that the articles below do not reflect opinions of TAWC. Although we aim to provide comprehensive coverage, there are likely articles that we’ve missed.
Global Food Partners Newsletter July 2022 (GFP O/S)
Greece's fur industry on the brink as EU sanctions on Russia bite (Reuters O/S)
Nicholas Goldberg: Are animals entitled to basic legal rights just like people? (Yahoo Life O/S)
New Book – Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare, Eds Andrew Knight, Clive Phillips, Paula Sparks. (Routledge)
The State of the Art of Animal Welfare Science (Psychology Today O/S)
Why Veterinary Education Needs Major Improvements (Psychology Today O/S)
itor Arrazola, Tina M. Widowski, Stephanie Torrey. In pursuit of a better broiler: welfare and productivity of slower-growing broiler breeders during lay. Poultry Science, Volume 101, Issue 8, 2022, 101917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.101917
Boys, R.M.; Beausoleil, N.J.; Pawley, M.D.M.; Betty, E.L.; Stockin, K.A. Evaluating Potential Cetacean Welfare Indicators from Video of Live Stranded Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas edwardii). Animals 2022, 12, 1861. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12141861
Cerasoli, F.; Podaliri Vulpiani, M.; Saluti, G.; Conte, A.; Ricci, M.; Savini, G.; D’Alterio, N. Assessment of Welfare in Groups of Horses with Different Management, Environments and Activities by Measuring Cortisol in Horsehair, Using Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Hybrid Orbitrap High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Animals 2022, 12, 1739. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12141739
I. Chan, B. Franks, and M. N. Hayek, “The ‘sustainability gap’ of US broiler chicken production: trade-offs between welfare, land use and consumption,” Royal Society Open Science, vol. 9, no. 6, Jun. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210478
Coghlan, S. The role of ethical reflection and dialogue in conceptualising animal welfare. J Agric Environ Ethics 35, 14 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-022-09888-1
R. Garant et al., “Wing-feather loss in white-feathered laying hens decreases pectoralis thickness but does not increase risk of keel bone fracture,” Royal Society Open Science, vol. 9, no. 6, Jun. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220155
Matilda Gibbons, Sajedeh Sarlak and Lars Chittka. Descending control of nociception in insects? Proc. R. Soc. B 289: 20220599. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0599
A. Mao et al., “Automated identification of chicken distress vocalizations using deep learning models,” Journal of The Royal Society Interface, vol. 19, no. 191, Jun. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0921
Neary Jessica M., Porter Nathaniel D., Viscardi Abbie V., Jacobs Leonie. Recognizing Post-Castration Pain in Piglets: A Survey of Swine Industry Stakeholders and the General Public. Frontiers in Animal Science, 3, 2022. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2022.937020
F. Occhiuto, J. A. Vázquez-Diosdado, C. Carslake, and J. Kaler, “Personality and predictability in farmed calves using movement and space-use behaviours quantified by ultra-wideband sensors,” Royal Society Open Science, vol. 9, no. 6, Jun. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.212019
Conferences, Seminars & Events
European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming & International Conference on Precision Dairy Farming, 29 Aug-2 Sept University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni)
The 55th Congress of the International Society of Applied Ethology, 4 – 8 Sept 2022. N Macedonia. (ISAE)
One Health Downunder Symposium 2022, 12th – 13th September 2022 (Univ Qld)
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