Frontiers in Animal Science | Animal Welfare and Policy

Policy and Practice Reviews

Accepted on 10 Jun 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 Aarestrup Moustsen
Laura Ann Boyle
Sandra A Edwards

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1598647

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

826 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 May 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

160 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

773 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

755 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

738 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

697 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

931 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

1,544 views

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

737 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

1,154 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

2,540 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

1,417 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

926 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

1,658 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

910 views