Frontiers in Animal Science | Animal Welfare and Policy

Brief Research Report

Published on 30 Jul 2025

Sows turned unhindered at less than their own body length - implications for farrowing pen design

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Vivi A. Moustsen
Emma M. Baxter
Søren Kjærgaard Boldsen
Mai Britt Friis Nielsen
Sandra A. Edwards

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1588436

518 views

Original Research

Accepted on 28 Jul 2025

Unnecessary suffering during the slaughter of cattle and pigs: mapping stun quality and associations to stun-to-stick intervals

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Josefine Jerlström
Charlotte Lotta Berg
Anna Wallenbeck

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1633616

350 views

Original Research

Accepted on 23 Jul 2025

Survey on Consumer Views: Broiler Stunning

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Linda Barahona-Dominguez
Jihye An
Bethany Baker-Cook
Sungeun Cho

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1620566

197 views

Review

Accepted on 22 Jul 2025

Acknowledging Ecological Debt: Towards Just, Humane and Sustainable Food Systems in Africa

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Mwenda Mbaka
Janice H. Cox

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1565731

220 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Jul 2025

Homeless cats, a societal problem - an analysis of the collaboration between cat shelters and the competent authorities in Sweden

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Frida Lundmark Hedman
Malin Karlsson
Jenny Yngvesson

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1629711

892 views

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Jul 2025

Analyzing factors influencing dairy farmers' intention to implement animal welfare practices: A case study of Germany

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Henrike Grotsch
Marcus Mergenthaler
Holger Schulze

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1461282

258 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Published on 09 Jul 2025

‘End the cage age’: review of technical issues associated with the replacement of farrowing crates for sows and proposals for harmonized legislation

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Emma M. Baxter
Vivi A. Moustsen
Laura Ann Boyle
Sandra A. Edwards

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1598647

1,275 views

Review

Accepted on 30 Jun 2025

Guardians of Giants: A Bibliometric Analysis of Mahout-Elephant Relationships and Management Takeaways for the Nilgiris

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Jaisridhar Palanivelan
Hariraj Nagarajan
Cinthia Fernandaz
Shanmugam Rajagopalan
Ponsneka I
Raja P

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1599053

321 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Jun 2025

Multi-omics exploration of the factors influencing feather coverage in laying hens

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Xin Li
Xiaohui Shen
Xiaoliang Wang
Yao Yan
Wei Liu
Kai Zhan
Daqian He
Changsuo Yang
Huaxiang Yan
Junfeng Yao

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1597218

622 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jun 2025

Judgment bias, fear, and stress responses of Red Junglefowl and Athens Canadian Random Bred chickens

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Victor J. Oyeniran
Rosemary H. Whittle
Sara K. Orlowski
Shawna L. Weimer

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1573847

1,336 views

Original Research

Published on 22 May 2025

Jugular vein vascular access ports for serial pig blood sampling in high biocontainment infectious disease studies

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Rachel Layton
David Beggs
Peter Mansell
Andrew Fisher
Daniel Layton
Matthew Boyd
Teegan Allen
Elisha Soldani
Sarah Riddell
Grace Taylor

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1573822

1,251 views

Original Research

Published on 16 May 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 Zeraatkish

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1468935

1,146 views

Original Research

Published on 13 May 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

1,104 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 12 May 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

1,213 views

Original Research

Published on 02 May 2025

EPI-DOM approach for comprehensive assessment of integral animal welfare

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Rosario Martínez-Yáñez
Patricia Mora-Medina
Pedro J. Albertos-Alpuche

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1495149

1,800 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 28 Apr 2025

Stakeholder views on shifting UK chicken meat production to slower-growing broilers

in Animal Welfare and Policy

Siobhan M. Abeyesinghe
Imogen Stanley
Christine J. Nicol
Jacqueline M. Cardwell

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1534108

2,165 views