This report compares the welfare on mink farms in Denmark and the rest of Europe, based on the results from WelFur. WelFur-Mink is a system for on-farm assessment of animal welfare in European mink farms based on the principles developed in Welfare Quality®. WelFur has been implemented on...

This paper reviews the effects of housing on fattening performance. It compares the effects on performance of bulls fattened in tie-stall or loose housing systems, and of bulls at different stocking rates in loose housing systems. It concludes that (1) bulls on slatted floor have a slightly higher...

From the day after farrowing, 8 pig litters born to sows kept in loose housing, were given the choice of remaining with their dam in the unheated farrowing pen, going into adjacent open pens with a 100 Watt heating lamp or into similar pens provided with a curtain made from strips of plastic. The...

The effect of type of barn (tie stalls vs. boxes with slatted floor) in combination with summer grazing or not in the rearing period and subsequent milk production was studied in a factorial experiment with 72 Danish Black and White replacement heifers. The experimental period was from 42 days of...

72 Danish Black Pied calves at an av. age of 42 days were divided into 3 equal groups and kept in tied stalls 125 cm wide (group 1), in loose boxes with fully slatted floors (group 2) or deep bedding (group 3). The loose boxes had 6 animals per box, with a floor space of 1.8 m² per animal. Half the ...

The objective of the study is to determine the effect of floor type and stocking density on leg weakness, osteochondrosis, and claw disorders in slaughter pigs (Landrace (n=127) and YL crossbreds (n=138)). Results show that clinical leg problems were worst on slatted floors and best in pens with...

This article describes the conditions of pig farming in Denmark in terms of breeding, feeding, housing, health and behaviour that ensure that the welfare of the animals.