Since the beginning of the farm animal welfare debate half a century ago, the focus has
been on the negative side of animal welfare, with most research studying the harms induced …

While several countries impose minimum light requirements for pig housing, it remains
unknown whether these requirements are beneficial for pig welfare. Therefore, we aim to …

The combined effects on pig behavior of maternal immune challenge during gestation
followed by a second immune challenge later in life have not been studied. Porcine …

The ability to assess emotionality is important within animal welfare research. Yet, for farm
animals, few tests of emotionality have been well validated. Here we investigated the …

Commercially farmed animals are frequently housed in conditions that impose a number of
concurrent environmental stressors. For pigs housed indoors, elevated levels of mechanical …

An enriched environment is widely used to improve domestic animals' welfare and promote
their natural behaviors. Music can reduce abnormal behavior in humans, nonhuman …

Ammonia (NH3) concentration has seldom been used for environmental control of weaner
buildings despite its impact on environment, animal welfare, and workers' health. This paper …

Simple Summary Dutch farms that probably do not comply with the legal principle-based
standard for climate in pig houses can be identified based on a limited set of measurements …

With an ongoing transition towards the use of Light Emitting Diodes, more knowledge is
needed on which light settings optimise sustainability parameters in pig production. We …

Nine pig farms were evaluated for the welfare quality in Korea using animal-and
environment-based parameters (particularly air quality parameters) during the winter of …