Sheep meat is a growing market, especially in developing countries, where the economic growth is more abundant, subsequently increasing the demand. Alongside established markets, these consumers will be requiring better quality of the products, being aware of how the animals are reared, breed and...

The trend of monitoring the welfare of livestock is continually developing at the moment. This monitoring leads to the optimization of the needs of livestock, which improves their final outputs. In terms of dairy cows, improvements in their living conditions may have a considerable impact on their...

Background: Slaughter reindeer are exposed to stress caused by gathering, handling, loading and unloading, and by conditions in vehicles during transport. These stress factors can lead to compromised welfare and trauma such as bruises or fractures, aspiration of rumen content, and abnormal odour in ...

The aim of the paper was to evaluate the welfare of Turopolje pig breed in the outdoor system using survey according to "Five freedom" principle. Criteria of welfare considering the freedom of hunger and thrust indicate restricted feeding, without considering category and physiological status of...

There has been a rapid growth on the number of farms using robotic milking systems (RMS) in the USA. This growth is expected to continue. It is more challenging to feed cows in RMS as the complexity of balancing the ration that is offered in the feed bunk (a partially mixed ration, PMR) and the...

Small ruminants (sheep and goats) play a predominant role in the economy of million people, and have provided meat, milk, skin, wool and fiber for centuries. Animals undergo various kinds of stressors, i.e. physical, nutritional, chemical, psychological and heat stress (HS). Among all, HS is the...

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of rearing avian broiler under different monochromatic LED light color on their growth performance, physiological and fear responses. One hundred and thirty five unsexed day-old avian 48 chicks were randomly allocated into three light treatment...

Animals are used in teaching and research activities for centuries, especially in studies related to anatomy, physiology and, recently, pharmacology; they are also used in practical classes and educational activities of undergraduate courses. However, with the growing discussion on the rights of...

The high mortality rate of broilers during transport from the farm to the poultry slaughterhouse or the high dead on arrival is an indicator of the poor animal welfare and one of the economic losses. The objectives of research were to investigate the mortality rate of broilers during transport from ...