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  1. Re-evaluating corticosterone as a welfare biomarker in broilers using UPLC/MS-MS: Limited responsiveness to heat stress, disease challenges, and environmental enrichment
  2. Immediate access to feed and water in the hatcher influences early metabolic and thermoregulatory status in broiler chicks but is associated with breed-specific differences in later walking ability
  3. Early feeding in the hatcher influences physiological indicators of nutritional status and hydration in broiler chicks during the immediate post-hatch period
  4. Silencing controversial realities through prompt revision: The erasure of intensive livestock farming in text-to-image generative AI
  5. Delayed post-hatch feeding effects in broilers delayed post-hatch feeding alters stress physiology and skeletal development in on-farm hatched slower-growing broiler chickens
  6. Behavioral patterns in broiler chickens monitored with a multi-view tracking system
  7. Impact of early feeding on growth and meat quality in fast- and slower-growing broiler strains
  8. Effects of enrichment and heat stress on fluctuating asymmetry and feather structure of broiler chickens
  9. AI-based monitoring of broiler vocal repertoire dynamics reveals robust developmental and diurnal patterns but limited disease sensitivity
  10. Multifunctional elevated platforms for improving thermoregulation, litter quality and welfare in broiler chickens
  11. Measuring feather and plasma corticosterone in male broiler chickens: uplc–ms/ms methodology and feather growth dynamics
  12. The right fit: A decision tree to select a protocol for assessing the welfare of laying hens
  13. The influence of multifunctional platforms and heat stress on broiler chicken bone health and lameness
  14. Development of the Ethogram of Feline Social Interactions (EFSI) to study intraspecific interactions between cats in multicat households
  15. Risk of infection of dairy cattle in the EU with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus affecting dairy cows in the United States of America (H5N1, Eurasian lineage goose/Guangdong clade 2.3.4.4b. genotype B3.13)
  16. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus, infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus and HPR‐deleted infectious salmon anaemia virus – Risk of introduction in free areas through fertilised eggs and gametes
  17. Experimental Corticosterone Administration Induces Fluctuating Asymmetry and Bursal Atrophy in Broiler Chickens
  18. Identification and characterization of clusters of potentially new vocalizations in broiler chickens using advanced acoustic analysis
  19. Multi-camera detection and tracking for individual broiler monitoring
  20. A systematic review linking welfare and automated analysis of acoustic signals in broiler chickens and layers
  21. Dairy cows prefer cubicles with a 3% versus 10% slope
  22. AniDomNet: A sequential pairwise model for inferring dynamic animal dominance hierarchies
  23. Influence of age, time of day, and environmental changes on vocalization patterns in broiler chickens
  24. Welfare of American mink, red and Arctic foxes, raccoon dog and chinchilla kept for fur production
  25. Welfare of beef cattle
  26. Automated detection of broiler vocalizations a machine learning approach for broiler chicken vocalization monitoring
  27. A framework for a comprehensive animal welfare label: scientific, logistic, and ethical challenges
  28. Comparing methods for catching and crating broiler chicken flocks: A trade-off between animal welfare, ergonomics and economics
  29. Monitoring Welfare of Individual Broiler Chickens Using Ultra-Wideband and Inertial Measurement Unit Wearables
  30. Preparedness, prevention and control related to zoonotic avian influenza
  31. Welfare of horses at slaughter
  32. Welfare of horses during killing for purposes other than slaughter
  33. Design and testing of add-on prototypes for transport containers to improve the loading process for end-of-lay hens and catchers
  34. Impact of restraining position on tonic immobility in broiler chickens and mule ducks
  35. Spitz-like tail carriage in two domestic cats
  36. Cooled Multifunctional Platforms to Alleviate Heat Stress in Broiler Chickens: Effects on Performance, Carcass and Meat Quality Traits
  37. Can a Digital Application for Animal Welfare Self-Assessments by Farmers Help Improve the Welfare of Free-Range and Organic Pigs?
  38. Survey of Flemish Poultry Farmers on How Birds Fit for Transport to the Slaughterhouse Are Selected, Caught, and Crated and Their Opinions Regarding the Pre-Transport Process
  39. The impact of early-life conditions on visual discrimination abilities in free-ranging laying hens
  40. Opinion of Flemish Poultry Farmers on How Birds Fit for Transport to the Slaughterhouse Are Selected, Caught, and Crated
  41. How Do Flemish Laying Hen Farmers and Private Bird Keepers Comply with and Think about Measures to Control Avian Influenza?
  42. Upright versus inverted catching and crating end-of-lay hens: a trade-off between animal welfare, ergonomic and financial concerns
  43. How Do Flemish Laying Hen Farmers and Private Bird Keepers Comply with and Think about Measures to Control Avian Influenza?
  44. Goats on the Move: Evaluating Machine Learning Models for Goat Activity Analysis Using Accelerometer Data
  45. Cage enrichment to minimize aggression in part-time group-housed female breeding rabbits
  46. Effects of lighted incubation and foraging enrichment during rearing on individual fear behavior, corticosterone, and neuroplasticity in laying hen pullets
  47. Involving caregivers in behavioural research: A SWOT analysis of two citizen science research methodologies to study cat-cat interactions at home
  48. Improvement of the Welfare Quality scoring model for dairy cows to fit experts’ opinion
  49. Brown and white layer pullet hybrids show different fear responses towards humans, but what role does light during incubation play in that?
  50. Social behaviour and personality profiles of breeding does housed part-time in group.
  51. Quantifying agonistic interactions between group-housed animals to derive social hierarchies using computer vision: a case study with commercially group-housed rabbits
  52. Design and Experimental Validation of a Multiband Conformal Patch Antenna for Animal-Ingestible Bolus Applications
  53. Early-life interventions to prevent feather pecking and reduce fearfulness in laying hens
  54. What caregivers don’t tell you ... A comparison between survey responses and home videos of cat-cat interactions
  55. Time-Series-Based Feature Selection and Clustering for Equine Activity Recognition Using Accelerometers
  56. Effects of group size and cage enrichment on social behaviour and skin injuries of breeding rabbits housed part-time in group
  57. The Effects of Mild Disturbances on Sleep Behaviour in Laying Hens
  58. Improved cattle behaviour monitoring by combining Ultra-Wideband location and accelerometer data
  59. Effect of group size and escape enrichment on reproductive performance of breeding does in part-time group housing
  60. Assessing animal welfare impact of fourteen control and dispatch methods for house mouse (Mus musculus), Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and black rat (Rattus rattus)
  61. Ordinal or visual analogue scales for assessing aspects of broiler chicken welfare?
  62. Welfare issues and potential solutions for laying hens in free range and organic production systems: A review based on literature and interviews
  63. Timing of part-time group housing for farm rabbits: Effects on reproductive performance, skin injuries and behaviour
  64. Comparison of Methods for Individual Killing of Broiler Chickens: A Matter of Animal Welfare and On-Farm Feasibility
  65. Twelve Threats of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) for Animal Welfare
  66. From the Point of View of the Chickens: What Difference Does a Window Make?
  67. Welfare of broiler chickens in Brazilian free-range versus intensive indoor production systems
  68. Feeding live Black Soldier Fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) to laying hens: effects on feed consumption, hen health, hen behavior, and egg quality
  69. Broiler Chicken Behavior and Activity Are Affected by Novel Flooring Treatments
  70. Propagation-Loss Characterization for Livestock Implantables at (433, 868, 1400) MHz
  71. Should cats be allowed outdoors? A research survey on animal welfare risks for free-ranging cats in Brazil
  72. Welfare of broiler chickens reared under two different types of housing
  73. Using Expert Elicitation to Abridge the Welfare Quality® Protocol for Monitoring the Most Adverse Dairy Cattle Welfare Impairments
  74. Welfare of broiler chickens reared in two different industrial house types during the winter season in Southern Brazil
  75. Testing the potential of the Sow Stance Information System (SowSIS) based on a force plate system built into an electronic sow feeder for on-farm automatic lameness detection in breeding sows
  76. On-farm prevalence of and potential risk factors for boar taint
  77. Husbandry Conditions and Welfare Outcomes in Organic Egg Production in Eight European Countries
  78. Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of chickens
  79. Remedying Contact Dermatitis in Broiler Chickens with Novel Flooring Treatments
  80. Developing and Understanding Olfactory Evaluation of Boar Taint
  81. Killing individual poultry on-farm—a survey among veterinarians and farmers
  82. Stakeholder perceptions on broiler chicken welfare during first-day processing and the pre-slaughter phase: a case study in Belgium
  83. Joint Antenna-Channel Modelling for in-to-out-Body Propagation of Dairy Cows at 868 MHz
  84. Factors influencing claw lesion scoring in sows
  85. Calving and estrus detection in dairy cattle using a combination of indoor localization and accelerometer sensors
  86. On the use of on-cow accelerometers for the classification of behaviours in dairy barns
  87. Monitoring of behavior, sex hormones and boar taint compounds during the vaccination program for immunocastration in three sire lines
  88. On-Farm Claw Scoring in Sows Using a Novel Mobile Device
  89. Classification of ingestive-related cow behaviours using RumiWatch halter and neck-mounted accelerometers
  90. Assessing keel bone damage in laying hens by palpation: effects of assessor experience on accuracy, inter-rater agreement and intra-rater consistency
  91. The in-to-out-body path loss for cows
  92. Poultry handling and transport.
  93. Interactions between broiler chickens, soil parameters and short rotation coppice willow in a free-range system
  94. Opportunities for short rotation coppice production on free-range chicken farms in Flanders: farmers’ perceptions and cost-benefit analysis
  95. Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science
  96. Numerical assessment of EMF exposure of a cow to a wireless power transfer system for dairy cattle
  97. On farm intervention studies on reduction of boar taint prevalence: Feeding strategies, presence of gilts and time in lairage
  98. Sensitivity of the integrated Welfare Quality® scores to changing values of individual dairy cattle welfare measures
  99. An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Accuracy and registration success in a free-range area
  100. Consumer acceptance of minced meat patties from boars in four European countries
  101. An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Effects of wearing a backpack on behaviour, leg health and production
  102. Effects of dark brooders and overhangs on free-range use and behaviour of slow-growing broilers
  103. Heat stress in cows at pasture and benefit of shade in a temperate climate region
  104. Fit for transport? Broiler chicken fitness assessment for transportation to slaughter
  105. Trained-user opinion about Welfare Quality measures and integrated scoring of dairy cattle welfare
  106. Internet of animals: characterization of LoRa sub-GHz off-body wireless channel in dairy barns
  107. Inter-rater reliability of categorical versus continuous scoring of fish vitality: Does it affect the utility of the reflex action mortality predictor (RAMP) approach?
  108. Effect of free-range access, shelter type and weather conditions on free-range use and welfare of slow-growing broiler chickens
  109. Impact of transportation duration on stress responses in day-old chicks from young and old breeders
  110. Assessing dairy cow welfare at the beginning and end of the indoor period using the Welfare Quality® protocol
  111. Internet of animals: On-and off-body propagation analysis for energy efficient WBAN design for dairy cows
  112. Broiler chickens dead on arrival: associated risk factors and welfare indicators
  113. Impact of the separate pre-slaughter stages on broiler chicken welfare
  114. Olfactory evaluation of boar taint: effect of factors measured at slaughter and link with boar taint compounds
  115. Sensitivity of the Welfare Quality® broiler chicken protocol to differences between intensively reared indoor flocks: which factors explain overall classification?
  116. Market Opportunities for Animal-Friendly Milk in Different Consumer Segments
  117. Effects of free-range access on production parameters and meat quality, composition and taste in slow-growing broiler chickens
  118. Effects of shelter type, early environmental enrichment and weather conditions on free-range behaviour of slow-growing broiler chickens
  119. Characterization of the On-Body Path Loss at 2.45 GHz and Energy Efficient WBAN Design for Dairy Cows
  120. Ramps and hybrid effects on keel bone and foot pad disorders in modified aviaries for laying hens
  121. Determinants of consumer intention to purchase animal-friendly milk
  122. Locomotion Disorders and Skin and Claw Lesions in Gestating Sows Housed in Dynamic versus Static Groups
  123. Effect of post-hatch transportation duration and parental age on broiler chicken quality, welfare, and productivity
  124. Effects of communal rearing and group size on breeding rabbits’ post-grouping behaviour and its relation to ano-genital distance
  125. Experimental characterisation of the off-body wireless channel at 2.4 GHz for dairy cows in barns and pastures
  126. Opinion of applied ethologists on expectation bias, blinding observers and other debiasing techniques
  127. Belgian citizens’ and broiler producers’ perceptions of broiler chicken welfare in Belgium versus Brazil
  128. Effect of rubber flooring on group-housed sows' gait and claw and skin lesions1
  129. Factors affecting mechanical nociceptive thresholds in healthy sows
  130. Impact of parity on bone metabolism throughout the reproductive cycle in sows
  131. Assessment of Broiler Chicken Welfare in Southern Brazil
  132. Marginal dietary zinc concentration affects claw conformation measurements but not histological claw characteristics in weaned pigs
  133. No indications that zinc and protein source affect Zn bioavailability in sows during late gestation fed adequate dietary Zn concentrations
  134. Risk factors associated with keel bone and foot pad disorders in laying hens housed in aviary systems
  135. Survey of egg farmers regarding the ban on conventional cages in the EU and their opinion of alternative layer housing systems in Flanders, Belgium
  136. Simplifying the Welfare Quality® assessment protocol for broiler chicken welfare
  137. Opinion of Belgian Egg Farmers on Hen Welfare and Its Relationship with Housing Type
  138. Influence of hands-on experience on pig farmers' attitude towards alternatives for surgical castration of male piglets
  139. Behaviour, wounds, weight loss and adrenal weight of rabbit does as affected by semi-group housing
  140. Specific characteristics of the aviary housing system affect plumage condition, mortality and production in laying hens
  141. Assessment of welfare of Brazilian and Belgian broiler flocks using the Welfare Quality protocol
  142. Summertime use of natural versus artificial shelter by cattle in nature reserves
  143. Fluctuation of potential zinc status biomarkers throughout a reproductive cycle of primiparous and multiparous sows
  144. Discerning Pig Screams in Production Environments
  145. The MC4R c.893G>A mutation: A marker for growth and leanness associated with boar taint odour in Belgian pig breeds
  146. Wintertime use of natural versus artificial shelter by cattle in nature reserves in temperate areas
  147. Field experience with surgical castration with anaesthesia, analgesia, immunocastration and production of entire male pigs: performance, carcass traits and boar taint prevalence
  148. An intervention study demonstrates effects of genotype on boar taint and performances of growing–finishing pigs
  149. Effect of locomotion score on sows’ performances in a feed reward collection test
  150. Effect of summer conditions and shade on behavioural indicators of thermal discomfort in Holstein dairy and Belgian Blue beef cattle on pasture
  151. Effect of summer conditions and shade on the production and metabolism of Holstein dairy cows on pasture in temperate climate
  152. Evaluating the effect of semi-group housing of rabbit does on their offspring's fearfulness: can we use the open-field test?
  153. The effect of the MC4R gene on boar taint compounds, sexual maturity and behaviour in growing-finishing boars and gilts
  154. The animal welfare status of EU-imported versus locally produced broiler meat
  155. Different stressors elicit different responses in the salivary biomarkers cortisol, haptoglobin, and chromogranin A in pigs
  156. Broiler production in Flanders, Belgium: current situation and producers' opinions about animal welfare
  157. Performance of an animal-based test of thirst in commercial broiler chicken farms
  158. Observer bias in animal behaviour research: can we believe what we score, if we score what we believe?
  159. Automated video analysis of pig activity at pen level highly correlates to human observations of behavioural activities
  160. Importance of outdoor shelter for cattle in temperate climates
  161. Automatic monitoring of pig locomotion using image analysis
  162. Comparison of the inter- and intra-observer repeatability of three gait-scoring scales for sows
  163. Effects of semi-group housing and floor type on pododermatitis, spinal deformation and bone quality in rabbit does
  164. Book of Abstracts of the 65th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production
  165. Mechanical nociception thresholds in lame sows: Evidence of hyperalgesia as measured by two different methods
  166. Assessment of lameness and claw lesions in sows
  167. Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production
  168. Effect of surgical castration, immunocastration and chicory-diet on the meat quality and palatability of boars
  169. Evaluation of different heating methods for the detection of boar taint by means of the human nose
  170. Dehydration indicators for broiler chickens at slaughter
  171. Automatic Monitoring of Pig Activity Using Image Analysis
  172. Remedies for a high incidence of broken eggs in furnished cages: Effectiveness of increasing nest attractiveness and lowering perch height
  173. Automated assessment of footpad dermatitis in broiler chickens at the slaughter-line: Evaluation and correspondence with human expert scores
  174. Predicting the likelihood of developing boar taint: Early physical indicators in entire male pigs
  175. The influence of stocking density on broiler chicken bone quality and fluctuating asymmetry
  176. Implementing animal welfare assessments at farm and group level: introduction and overview
  177. Pig producer attitude towards surgical castration of piglets without anaesthesia versus alternative strategies
  178. Cage size and enrichment effects on the bone quality and fluctuating asymmetry of fattening rabbits
  179. A validated ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry analysis for the simultaneous quantification of the three known boar taint compounds
  180. Evaluation of various boar taint detection methods
  181. Assessing attraction or avoidance between rabbits: comparison of distance-based methods to analyse spatial distribution
  182. Mortality
  183. Behaviour and use of space in fattening rabbits as influenced by cage size and enrichment
  184. Economic impact of decreasing stocking densities in broiler rabbit production based on Belgian farm data
  185. Effect of information provisioning on attitude toward surgical castration of male piglets and alternative strategies for avoiding boar taint
  186. Glucocorticoid metabolites in rabbit faeces—Influence of environmental enrichment and cage size
  187. The sensitivity of Flemish citizens to androstenone: Influence of gender, age, location and smoking habits
  188. Survey of egg producers on the introduction of alternative housing systems for laying hens in Flanders, Belgium
  189. Influence of soiling on boar taint in boars
  190. Neighbourhood analysis as an indicator of spatial requirements of broiler chickens
  191. Using motivation to feed as a way to assess the importance of space for broiler chickens
  192. Influence of breed and slaughter weight on boar taint prevalence in entire male pigs
  193. Survey among Belgian pig producers about the introduction of group housing systems for gestating sows
  194. The Concept of Farm Animal Welfare: Citizen Perceptions and Stakeholder Opinion in Flanders, Belgium
  195. DEVELOPMENT OF HIERARCHY AND RANK EFFECTS IN WEANED GROWING RABBITS (ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS)
  196. Quantitative verification of the correspondence between the Welfare Quality® operational definition of farm animal welfare and the opinion of Flemish farmers, citizens and vegetarians
  197. Resting or hiding? Why broiler chickens stay near walls and how density affects this
  198. Citizens’ Views on Farm Animal Welfare and Related Information Provision: Exploratory Insights from Flanders, Belgium
  199. Repeatability of lameness, fear and slipping scores to assess animal welfare upon arrival in pig slaughterhouses
  200. Bacteriological contamination, dirt, and cracks of eggshells in furnished cages and noncage systems for laying hens: An international on-farm comparison
  201. Assessing animal welfare at farm and group level: Introduction and overview
  202. Belgian consumers’ attitude towards surgical castration and immunocastration of piglets
  203. Cow gait scores and kinematic gait data: can people see gait irregularities?
  204. Effects of perch design on behaviour and health of laying hens
  205. Measuring thirst in broiler chickens
  206. Reliability of categorical versus continuous scoring of welfare indicators: lameness in cows as a case study
  207. Stocking density effects on broiler welfare: Identifying sensitive ranges for different indicators
  208. Societal concern related to stocking density, pen size and group size in farm animal production
  209. Perch width preferences of laying hens
  210. Absence of an effect of dietary fibre or clinoptilolite on boar taint in entire male pigs fed practical diets
  211. Practice on castration of piglets in Europe
  212. Animal welfare implications of surgical castration and its alternatives in pigs
  213. Synthetic lying mats may improve lying comfort of gestating sows
  214. Welfare assessment of laying hens in furnished cages and non-cage systems: assimilating expert opinion
  215. Welfare assessment of laying hens in furnished cages and non-cage systems: an on-farm comparison
  216. Do citizens and farmers interpret the concept of farm animal welfare differently?
  217. Factors influencing farmers' responses to welfare legislation: A case study of gestation sow housing in Flanders (Belgium)
  218. Influence of nest seclusion and nesting material on pre-laying behaviour of laying hens
  219. Effect of cross-wise perch designs on perch use in laying hens
  220. Perching behaviour and perch height preference of laying hens in furnished cages varying in height
  221. Broiler chicken health, welfare and fluctuating asymmetry in organic versus conventional production systems
  222. Fluctuating Asymmetry in Broiler Chickens: A Decision Protocol for Trait Selection in Seven Measuring Methods
  223. Fluctuating asymmetry as an animal welfare indicator — A review of methodology and validity
  224. Experimental Stress Does Not Increase Fluctuating Asymmetry of Broiler Chickens at Slaughter Age
  225. Early and reliable detection of boar taint and its genetic predisposition
  226. A review of the welfare consequences of surgical castration in piglets and the evaluation of non-surgical methods
  227. Measuring fluctuating asymmetry in fattening rabbits: A valid indicator of performance and housing quality?1
  228. The importance of straw for pig and cattle welfare: A review
  229. Welfare, Health, and Hygiene of Laying Hens Housed in Furnished Cages and in Alternative Housing Systems
  230. Design of laying nests in furnished cages: influence of nesting material, nest box position and seclusion
  231. Applications for Methods of On-Farm Welfare Assessment
  232. Measures of Developmental Instability as Integrated,A PosterioriIndicators of Farm Animal Welfare: A Review
  233. Response to Delahay, Waldram, Mallinson, Spyvee, Handoll, de Leeuw and Cheeseman
  234. Effects of radio‐collars on European badgers (Meles meles)
  235. Effectiveness and efficiency of chlorophacinone poisoning for the control of muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)populations
  236. Estimating group size and population density of Eurasian badgers Meles meles by quantifying latrine use
  237. Vigilance in badgers Meles meles: the effects of group size and human persecution
  238. Vigilance in badgersMeles meles: the effects of group size and human persecution
  239. Spatial perturbation caused by a badger (Meles meles) culling operation: implications for the function of territoriality and the control of bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis)
  240. Comparative study on the consequences of culling badgers (Meles meles) on biometrics, population dynamics and movement
  241. The closed-subpopulation method and estimation of population size from mark-recapture and ancillary data
  242. The closed-subpopulation method and estimation of population size from mark-recapture and ancillary data
  243. Differences in trappability of European badgers Meles meles in three populations in England
  244. Estimating Population Size of Eurasian Badgers (Meles meles) Using Mark-Recapture and Mark-Resight Data
  245. Fertility Control: An Option for Non-Lethal Control of Wild Carnivores?
  246. Sterilization as an alternative strategy to control wildlife diseases: bovine tuberculosis in European badgers as a case study
  247. A comparison of fertility control and lethal control of bovine tuberculosis in badgers: the impact of perturbation induced transmission
  248. Evaluation of fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of broiler welfare.
  249. Performance, welfare, health and hygiene of laying hens in non-cage systems in comparison with cage systems.