Articles tagged with 'Farm animal husbandry'
How much space does a meat chicken need?
All animals need enough space to carry out their normal behaviours, and to be physically healthy. When it comes to meat chickens, it’s important that birds have enough room to exercise, explore, peck, dust bathe, forage, and rest.
How are salmon farmed in Australia?
Current scientific evidence demonstrates that fish are sentient animals, capable of experiencing pain and suffering. Salmon have a natural lifespan of between 3 to 8 years. Born in freshwater and living their adult lives at sea, but then returning to their freshwater birthplace to spawn.
Why is it important to declare mulesing status on the National Wool Declaration?
The National Wool Declaration (NWD) is a voluntary declaration made by Australian wool growers about the mulesing status of the sheep who produced the wool they are selling at auction.
Why are livestock left in paddocks without shade?
It is common to see all types of animals in the heat without protection from the sun. While farm animals have various ways of coping with heat, a very important one is to seek shelter or shade.
Why is environmental enrichment important for pig welfare?
Providing environmental enrichment may be an effective strategy to improve animal welfare by enabling positive affective (emotional) states and improving biological functioning, particularly where animals are confined indoors.
Why is it important for layer hens to express normal behaviours?
Layer hens will normally lay their eggs in an enclosed nest, perch, forage, and dust bathe. The ability to express these normal behaviours is important for layer hens to have good welfare.
What are the animal welfare issues with on-farm euthanasia of meat chickens?
Chickens in the meat industry are sometimes required to be euthanased on-farm if they are weak, sick, injured or unable to walk and will not recover with treatment.
What are the animal welfare issues with on-farm euthanasia of turkeys?
Commercial turkeys raised for meat production may at times need to be euthanased on-farm because they are weak, sick, injured or unable to walk, and will not recover with treatment.
Why is group housing important for pig welfare?
Pigs are intelligent, social animals, with a complex range of behaviours and needs. Group housing of pregnant pigs allows them to engage in exploratory and foraging behaviour, or to interact socially with other pigs. In commercial systems, sows are managed in either static or dynamic groups.
What is beak trimming and why is it carried out?
Beak trimming is the practice of removing the tip of a bird’s beak to blunt or round its end. Beak trimming is commonly performed in the egg and turkey industries in Australia to mitigate the negative animal welfare and production impacts of severe feather pecking outbreak within a flock.