Indicators Relevant to Farm Animal Welfare: A Seminar in the CEC Programme of Coordination of Research on Animal Welfare, organized by Dr. D. Smidt, and held in Mariensee, 9-10 November 1982

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Animal Welfare Legislation....Pages 3-12
The Problem of Assessing “Well-Being” and “Suffering” in Farm Animals....Pages 13-24
Discussion....Pages 25-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Significance of Physiological Criteria in Assessing Animal Welfare....Pages 29-37
Neuroendocrine Strategies for Assessing Welfare Application to Calf Management Systems....Pages 39-46
Corticosteroids in Welfare Research of Laying Hens....Pages 47-53
The Sleep-Waking Pattern and Behavior of Pigs Kept in Different Husbandry Systems....Pages 55-60
Neurochemistry of Abnormal Behaviour in Farm Animals....Pages 61-65
Discussion....Pages 66-67
On the Significance of Ethological Criteria for the Assessment of Animal welfare....Pages 71-79
Stereotypies as Animal Welfare Indicators....Pages 81-87
Ingestive Behaviour and Wing-Flapping in Assessing Welfare of Laying Hens....Pages 89-95
Behavioural Tests to Quantify Adaptation in Domestic Animals....Pages 97-108
Effect of Social and Environmental Factors on Performance in Gilts, Barrows and Boars....Pages 109-115
Operant Conditioning in Farm Animals and its Relevance to Welfare....Pages 117-120
Discussion....Pages 121-121
An Ecopathological Approach for Assessing Risk Factors in Intensive Rearing Systems: Examples from Pig Production....Pages 125-138
Comparative Mortality and Morbidity Rates for Cattle on Slatted Floors and in Straw Yards....Pages 139-142
Pathological Approaches to Evaluate Calf Boxes under Animal Welfare Aspects....Pages 143-153
Results of a Methodical Approach with Regard to External Lesions of Sows as an Indicator of Animal Well-Being....Pages 155-162
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Discussion....Pages 163-163
Significance of Production Performance Traits as Indicators of Animal Welfare....Pages 167-182
Farrowing Accomodation And Losses, Vitality and Daily Gain of Piglets as Indicators of Well Being....Pages 183-188
Production Performance in Laying Hens Kept Under Different Housing Conditions....Pages 189-196
Discussion....Pages 197-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Advantages and Problems of Using Integrated Systems of Indicators as Compared to Single Traits....Pages 201-207
Assessing of Housing Systems by Combined Indicators....Pages 209-213
Application of an Integrated System of Indicators in Animal Welfare Research....Pages 215-221
Discussion....Pages 222-222
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Applicability of Indicators in Animal Welfare Research....Pages 225-232
The Use of Ethological Welfare Indicators in Practical Control Procedures....Pages 233-242
Discussion....Pages 243-243
General Conclusions....Pages 245-247
Back Matter....Pages 249-251