Welfare Metrics and Welfare Indicators: Clarifying Essential Concepts in Animal Welfare Assessment Wladimir J. Alonso & Cynthia Schuck-Paim It may initially appear that discussions around the concepts of welfare metrics … Continue reading Metrics vs. Indicators: Clarifying Essential Concepts in Animal Welfare Assessment
simultaneous affective experiences and potential for positive welfare Implications for refining Cumulative Pain estimates and for determining the potential for positive welfare Cynthia Schuck-Paim and Wladimir J Alonso SUMMARY Because … Continue reading Simultaneous affective experiences and ‘Potential for Positive Welfare’
Productivity of mother pigs is lower, and mortality higher, in countries that still confine them in gestation crates We have just published the first version of a Brief Report “Productivity … Continue reading Productivity and mortality of sows are worse in gestation crates
The Broiler Welfare Book is now available on Amazon In 2021 we focused most of our work on understanding the impact of welfare reforms for broiler chickens, particularly the adoption … Continue reading The Broiler Welfare Book is now on Amazon
The Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare is out! The Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare, edited by Andrew Knight, Clive Phillips and Paula Sparks, can now be pre-ordered at Routledge’s site. The handbook … Continue reading The Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare is out!
Influence of Farm Animal Welfare on Epidemic and Pandemic Risks We have recently just opened a call for papers in the journal ‘Animals’, on the “Influence of Farm Animal Welfare … Continue reading Call for papers: Influence of Farm Animal Welfare on Epidemic and Pandemic Risks
Publication at BMC Research Notes We are glad to know that our research note on the Pain-Track approach has just been published at BMC Research Notes! The article is open-source, … Continue reading Our ‘Pain-Track’ article at BMC Research Notes
Laying hen mortality in different indoor housing systems: a meta-analysis of data from commercial farms in 16 countries This research was based on the largest to-date analysis of commercial data … Continue reading Contrary to industry claims, mortality is not inherently higher in cage-free systems
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT YOUR RESUME FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, PLEASE DO SO. Opportunity: Consulting Work on the Assessment of Pain in Broiler Chickens This … Continue reading Consulting Jobs: Broiler Welfare
