There is a moral obligation to minimize pain in pigs used for human benefit. In livestock
production, pigs experience pain caused by management procedures, eg, castration and tail …

Simple Summary Scoring cattle for lameness based on changes in locomotion or behavior is
essential for farmers to find and treat their lame animals. This review discusses the normal …

Working animals provide an essential transport resource in developing countries worldwide.
Many of these animals are owned by poor people and work in harsh environments, so their …

A Delphi technique was used to gather the opinions of animal welfare experts on the most
appropriate measures for welfare assessment of farm animals. The experts were asked to …

Lameness is one of the most important dairy cow welfare issues and has inspired a growing
body of literature on gait assessment. Validation studies have shown that several methods of …

Lameness in sows has an economic impact on pig production and is a major welfare
concern. The aim of the present project was to develop methods to evaluate and quantify …

Accurately measuring and monitoring of animal behavior is an important factor when
assessing on-farm animal welfare. First we developed a feasible and simple method aiming …

Incorporating indicators for pig health and welfare at meat inspection could reduce the need
for on-farm assessments. Skin and tail lesions are important welfare indicators in pigs with …

The prevalence and risks for abnormal gait in finishing pigs (Sus scrofa), gilts and pregnant
sows from a representative cross-section of indoor and outdoor herds in the United Kingdom …

Completely updated and revised, and with a new author team, this second edition of Farm
Animal Behaviour continues to provide essential information on normal and stereotypic …