Pig welfare 2024.02.27 Relationship between animal-based on-farm indicators and meat inspection data in pigs This study aimed to validate slaughterhouse indicators collected during meat inspection as an alternative to on-farm animal welfare indicators.
Pig production 2023.03.23 Multidimensional sustainability assessment of pig production systems at herd level – The case of Denmark Pig production systems vary in their ability to meet key sustainability goals such as lowered environmental impact, lowered climate impact, reduced land use, economic viability, and improved animal welfare. These goals…
2020.06.03 Benchmarking Farm Animal Welfare — A Novel Tool for Cross-Country Comparison Applied to Pig Production and Pork Consumption To enable cross-country comparisons of pig welfare, a number of welfare dimensions, covering the features typically modified in legislative and market-driven welfare initiatives aimed at pig production, were defined.
2019.09.20 Benchmarking farm animal welfare – Ethical considerations when developing a tool for cross-country comparison A tool enabling animal welfare to be benchmarked across countries would make it possible to monitor and compare the status of animal welfare at both disaggregated and aggregated levels.
2019.02.04 Aggregating animal welfare indicators By P. Sandøe, S. A. Corr, T. B. Lund & B. Forkman (2019) Animal Welfare. UFAW Abstract A central aim of animal welfare science is to be able to compare the effects of different ways of keeping, managing or treating…
2017.12.12 Should the contribution of one additional lame cow depend on how many other cows on the farm are lame? By P. Sandøe, B. Forkman, F. Hakansson, S. N. Andreasen, R. Nøhr, M. Denwood & T. B. Lund
2015.01.14 Can animal-based welfare assessment be simplified? A comparison of the Welfare Quality® protocol for dairy cattle and the simpler and less time-consuming protocol developed by the Danish Cattle Federation By S. N. Andreasen, P. Sandøe, & B. Forkman. Animal Welfare 23: 81-94. 2014 Abstract Welfare assessment protocols using primarily animal-based measures are believed to give valid information about the welfare of…
2013.07.27 The correlation of Qualitative Behaviour Assessments with Welfare Quality® protocol outcomes - in on-farm welfare assessment of dairy cattle S.N Andreasen, F. Wemelsfelder, P. Sandøe & B. Forkman (2013) Applied Animal Behaviour Science. Elsevier Abstract The effort to develop methods for assessing animal…
2013.05.01 To inspect, to motivate - or to do both? A dilemma for on-farm inspection of animal welfare I. Anneberg, M. Vaarst & P. Sandøe. Animal Welfare. UFAW. 2013
2011.07.27 Highlighting ethical decisions underlying the scoring of animal welfare I. Veissier, K.K. Jensen, R. Botreau & P. Sandøe (2011) Animal Welfare. UFAW Abstract All systems of scoring animal units (groups, farms, slaughter plants, etc) according to the level of the animals’ welfare are based…
2011.06.17 Welfare Assessments Based on Lifetime Health and Production Data in Danish Dairy Cows By H. Houe, P. Sandøe & P. T. Thomsen. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. Taylor & Francis. 2011
2009.07.27 Conflicting goals of welfare assessment schemes: A case study By R. Ingemann, P. Sandøe, P. Enemark & B. Forkman (2009) Animal Welfare. UFAW Abstract The aim of this article is to discuss the farming industry's development and use of welfare assessment schemes. A welfare assessmen…
2007.07.08 Assessment of animal welfare Assessment of animal welfare in a veterinary context - a call for ethologists By S. B. Christiansen & B. Forkman (2007) Applied Animal Behaviour Science. Elsevier Abstract With the increasingly advanced treatments…
2001.07.27 Assessment of Farm Animal Welfare at Herd Level - Many Goals, Many Methods By P. F. Johnsen, T. Johannesson & P. Sandøe (2001) Agriculturae Scandinavica. Taylor & Francis Abstract This paper describes and compares nine methods of assessing the welfare of farm animal…