Articles tagged with 'Farm animal husbandry'

Salmon are carnivorous and their formulated feed contains fish meal as a source of protein and fish oil as a...

Providing environmental enrichment may be an effective strategy to improve animal welfare by enabling positive affective (emotional) states and improving...

Pigs are intelligent, social animals, with a complex range of behaviours and needs. Group housing of pregnant pigs allows them...

Swill is any animal food that contains animal matter such as meat, meat products or meat by-products. Swill is a...

Wallowing is a natural behaviour which pigs are motivated to perform and, when given the opportunity, pigs will make their...

Meat chickens, also called broiler chickens, are those that are grown for their meat, as opposed to laying eggs. Chicken...

Meat chickens, even those that are provided with access to an outdoor range area, will spend the majority of their...

Breeder birds in the meat chicken industry lay the eggs that will hatch into chickens grown for meat. There are...

At the abattoir, meat chickens are stunned (rendered unconscious) before slaughter. This occurs either by electrical waterbath stunning or controlled...

All animals need to have enough space to carry out their normal behaviours, and to be physically healthy. When it...

Chickens in the meat industry are sometimes required to be euthanased on-farm if they are weak, sick, injured or unable...

For meat chickens to experience good welfare, it’s important that their environment is stimulating and enriching, and allows them to...

Access to adequate light and periods of darkness are necessary for meat chicken welfare, as they encourage natural behaviours including...

Cashmere is a fine fibre that is obtained from Cashmere goats and other similar breeds. The animal welfare issues relate...