National audienceThe welfare of an animal is fulfilled when it can adapt to the environment. This will be the case if the environment is ideal so that all the needs are satisfied or if the environment is not ideal but that the animal can find a way to adapt whithout suffering or exhaustion. Anthropomorphism ought to be avoided in evaluating animal welfare. The role of the scientist is to determine objective measurements of adaptation. These consist of indices of health status, production parameters, neuro-endocrine responses to stress and behavioural deviations. Behavioural indices are very helpful due to their high sensitivity and specificity. In addition, the magnitude of behavioural alteration often varies with the severity of the constr...
National audienceRuminant production is characterised by a large diversity in husbandry systems and ...
Addressing the issue of animal welfare makes sense only if the existence of mental states is recogni...
La question du bien-être de l animal ne se pose que si on lui reconnaît le statut d être sensible, c...
Nous partons du principe que le bien-être d’un individu est satisfait s’il peut s’adapter à son envi...
National audienceAssessing the behavioural adaptation of an animal to its environment is complex, no...
Welfare refers to the subjective psychological state of an individual regarding his internal and ext...
National audienceThe protection of animals is becoming a major social concern. Hence, it is now nece...
Precision Livestock Farming techniques have been developed essentially to increase profitability and...
National audienceThe notion of animal welfare has two aspects: the perception by the public (consume...
National audienceBecause of the complexity of the measurement of animal welfare, studying genetics o...
Assessing the behavioural adaptation of an animal to its environment is complex, notably because num...
Improving dairy cows’ welfare is a major challenge in response to citizen concerns. The present thes...
During the last fifty years, intensive husbandry has profoundly modified the animal living condition...
National audienceThe importance of the welfare of animals that live under the control of humans (e.g...
Ethological research applied to farm animals : reconciling animal welfare and production This pape...
National audienceRuminant production is characterised by a large diversity in husbandry systems and ...
Addressing the issue of animal welfare makes sense only if the existence of mental states is recogni...
La question du bien-être de l animal ne se pose que si on lui reconnaît le statut d être sensible, c...
Nous partons du principe que le bien-être d’un individu est satisfait s’il peut s’adapter à son envi...
National audienceAssessing the behavioural adaptation of an animal to its environment is complex, no...
Welfare refers to the subjective psychological state of an individual regarding his internal and ext...
National audienceThe protection of animals is becoming a major social concern. Hence, it is now nece...
Precision Livestock Farming techniques have been developed essentially to increase profitability and...
National audienceThe notion of animal welfare has two aspects: the perception by the public (consume...
National audienceBecause of the complexity of the measurement of animal welfare, studying genetics o...
Assessing the behavioural adaptation of an animal to its environment is complex, notably because num...
Improving dairy cows’ welfare is a major challenge in response to citizen concerns. The present thes...
During the last fifty years, intensive husbandry has profoundly modified the animal living condition...
National audienceThe importance of the welfare of animals that live under the control of humans (e.g...
Ethological research applied to farm animals : reconciling animal welfare and production This pape...
National audienceRuminant production is characterised by a large diversity in husbandry systems and ...
Addressing the issue of animal welfare makes sense only if the existence of mental states is recogni...
La question du bien-être de l animal ne se pose que si on lui reconnaît le statut d être sensible, c...