Frontiers in Animal Science | Animal Welfare and Policy

Original Research

Accepted on 17 Apr 2025

Risk Management in Broiler Farming: Optimizing Poultry Insurance Coverage Using a Spatial Panel Data Analysis

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Mohammad Ebrahim Hasan-nejad
Amir Mohammadi-nejad
Mohammad Ghorbani
Seyed Yaghoub Zeraarkish

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1468935

Original Research

Accepted on 17 Apr 2025

Social hierarchy impacts response to reward downshift in sows

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Thomas Ede
Sarah Ibach
Thomas D Parsons

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1570586

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 10 Apr 2025

Breaking free from the trend: Outlier policies promote sustainable poultry practices

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Ishan Khire
Ren Ryba

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1488863

Methods

Published on 04 Apr 2025

Machine learning-derived cumulative health measure for assessing disease impact in dairy cattle

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Afef Marzougui
Craig S. McConnel
Amber Adams-Progar
Tyler D. Biggs
Stephen P. Ficklin
Sindhuja Sankaran

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1532385

359 views

Original Research

Accepted on 25 Mar 2025

Stakeholder views on a UK transition to production of chicken meat using slower-growing broiler chickens

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Siobhan Maya Abeyesinghe
Imogen Stanley
Christine Janet Nicol
Jacqueline M Cardwell

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1534108

167 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 13 Mar 2025

Effect of different genres of music on behavior and milking parameters of dairy cows during milking

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Madison P. Pinkerton
Zachary England
Benjamin A. Wenner
Jessica A. Pempek

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1467314

691 views

Review

Published on 28 Jan 2025

The role of light and vision in farmed ungulates and implications for their welfare

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Julia Stuhlträger
Eberhard von Borell
Jan Langbein
Christian Nawroth
Maria Vilain Rørvang
Camille M. C. Raoult

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2024.1433181

1,709 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Dec 2024

Assessing the relationship between pigs’ stress resilience and their behavior in response to weaning

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Bora Lee
Andrea M. Luttman
Catherine W. Ernst
Nancy E. Raney
Soyeong Oh
Janice M. Siegford

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2024.1461526

1,027 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Dec 2024

Social preferences in chickens–effects of domestication and tameness

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Johanna Gjøen
Per Jensen

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2024.1487688

718 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Dec 2024

Perspectives of dairy farmers on positive welfare opportunities for dairy cows in Ontario, Canada

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Michael W. Brunt
Caroline Ritter
Stephen J. LeBlanc
David F. Kelton

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2024.1493796

1,441 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Dec 2024

Deep learning-based analysis of daily activity patterns of farmed dromedary camels

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Rama Al-Khateeb
Nabil Mansour
Shaher Bano Mirza
Fouad Lamghari

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2024.1445133

702 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Nov 2024

Caring for calves: Canadian public perspectives of calf handling methods during spring processing

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Christy Goldhawk
Cindy Adams
Ed Pajor

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2024.1429323

620 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 20 Nov 2024

Factors affecting the intention to adopt farm animal welfare disclosures in sustainability reporting: evidence from listed food companies in Sri Lanka

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Saviesha Samaraweera
Isuru Manawadu

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2024.1476959

1,312 views

Opinion

Published on 20 Nov 2024

Apis mellifera welfare: definition and future directions

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Giovanni Formato
Elena Giannottu
Cristina Roncoroni
Valentina Lorenzi
Giovanni Brajon

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2024.1486587

1,724 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 13 Nov 2024

What lies ahead? Consumer expectations and wishes for organic animal farming: analyzing improvements to boost confidence in organic livestock farming

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Elisa Bayer
Sarah Kühl

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2024.1454843

1,065 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Nov 2024

Perinatal behavioral patterns during and after human-animal interactions in rangeland breeding ewes

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Kaleiah Schiller
Kristina Horback

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2024.1366211

605 views
1 citation