Review
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Isabella Cristina de Castro Lippi, Fabiana Ribeiro Caldara, Ibiara Correia de Lima Almeida Paz, Agnes Markiy Odakura
Summary: Pigs require suitable environments for their well-being and productivity. In recent years, many countries have implemented regulations to ban or restrict practices that cause suffering to pigs. This review examines global and Brazilian regulations on good production practices in swine farming and highlights the changes made to improve the welfare of pigs throughout the production cycle.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Vanessa Souza Soriano, Clive Julian Christie Phillips, Cesar Augusto Taconeli, Alessandra Akemi Hashimoto Fragoso, Carla Forte Maiolino Molento
Summary: Animal protection laws are enforced differently depending on the category of animals, leading to inconsistencies in the recognition of animal maltreatment. Citizens are more sensitive to animal maltreatment in sheep farming compared to farmers, but most people are unaware of Brazilian animal protection laws. More attention and education on animal welfare laws are needed to bridge the gap between perception and enforcement in animal protection.
Review
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Helen Lambert, Amelia Cornish, Angie Elwin, Neil D'Cruze
Summary: Fish are traded, caught, farmed, and killed in massive numbers annually, but their welfare and sentience are often neglected. This review highlights abundant evidence of fish sentience in scientific literature, emphasizing the need for scrutiny of legislation and attitudes towards fish welfare.
Review
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Elisa Codecasa, Patrick Pageat, Miriam Marcet-Rius, Alessandro Cozzi
Summary: This paper examines the European system regulating laboratory animal welfare and discusses the importance and functions of animal welfare bodies in research programs. Efforts in recent years have been aimed at improving the welfare of laboratory animals, with a focus on making science more humane and responsible. The review provides insight into legal measures protecting research animals and emphasizes the benefits of animal training and environmental enrichment programs in enhancing both animal welfare and research quality.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aurelia Schuetz, Katharina Kurz, Gesa Busch
Summary: This study analyzes the perceptions of participants towards a virtual farm tour. Participants generally had a negative perception of the pig fattening pen, but found the housing conditions to be positive. Virtual farm tours were seen as a useful tool to improve transparency and information transfer, with both media devices being comfortable and entertaining. Virtual reality glasses were favored for their realistic and entertaining value, while tablets were considered more usable.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
James William Yeates
Summary: Policies regarding animals need to take into account their capacity for sentience and should be guided by ethical principles in determining how they should be treated and regulated.
Review
Economics
Nicolas Treich
Summary: The Dasgupta Review on the economics of biodiversity takes an anthropocentric approach by assigning moral value only to humans among the millions of species on Earth. This view is morally problematic as it assumes that other species, particularly sentient animals, have only instrumental value for humans. The preservation of biodiversity in ecosystems does not equate to taking care of the wellbeing of sentient species in those ecosystems. While some policies can satisfy both anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric objectives, others can create conflicts between these objectives. The prevalent anthropocentric view in biodiversity research is discussed, along with potential non-anthropocentric research directions.
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Syed S. U. H. Bukhari, Alan G. McElligott, Sarah M. Rosanowski, Rebecca S. V. Parkes
Summary: This study investigated the impact of human perceptions of emotion and pain on the welfare of working donkeys in Pakistan. The results showed that owners who recognized donkey sentience and implemented good practices such as providing food, water, and padding were more likely to prioritize donkey welfare. On the other hand, owners who neglected donkey welfare and did not recognize their ability to feel pain and emotion were associated with negative practices.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Danielle Free, Sarah Wolfensohn
Summary: This study adapts the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG) for group-level assessments of invertebrate welfare and successfully applies it to a captive group of male Gromphadorhina oblongonota. The modified AWAG evaluates welfare based on 12 factors tracked over time, revealing the impact of environmental and social factors on the welfare of G. oblongonota. These findings offer practical improvements in care and provide an efficient method to assess invertebrate welfare at the group level.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Giuseppe Pulina
Summary: The focus is on animals as sentient beings, and the importance of defining animal sentience in scientific terms to avoid misunderstandings and wrong consequences. While recognizing animal sentience, it is argued that it does not imply universal animal rights, but rather the human responsibility to protect their well-being and pass laws for their defense.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Michelle C. C. Pardo
Summary: The commentary discusses the recent movement by animal rights organizations to secure legal personhood for animals in the United States. Despite legal challenges, courts have been unwilling to include nonhuman animals as legal persons and provide them with the same rights and protections as humans. The article examines the reasons behind this and emphasizes the potential societal and ethical issues that may arise.
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Heather Browning, Walter Veit
Summary: With the increasing attention on wild animal welfare and ethics, it is commonly assumed that wild animals exist in a state dominated by suffering. However, this assumption needs to be critically assessed both theoretically and empirically. This paper challenges the evidence supporting wild animal suffering and proposes an alternative viewpoint where wild animals may have more positive lives than commonly assumed. The paper emphasizes the need for effective methods to apply animal welfare science in the wild for a better understanding of welfare challenges and opportunities.
BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY
(2023)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Yang Chen, Xuesong Shan, Huaizhi Jiang, Zhenhua Guo
Summary: This study conducted a meta-analysis on the direct and indirect effects of melatonin on sheep oocyte development. The results showed that adding exogenous melatonin to the in vitro maturation medium increased the blastocyst rate, while subcutaneous implantation of melatonin did not affect ovulation rate, fertilization rate, blastocyst rate, or pregnancy rate. The study also proposed possible mechanisms for the effect of melatonin on zygote cleavage and oocyte apoptosis in sheep, and emphasized the need to consider the impact of melatonin implantation on animal welfare.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
John K. Garratt, Steven P. McCulloch
Summary: An estimated 1.5-2.7 billion wild fish are caught by UK commercial sea fishing fleets annually, most of which are subjected to severe stressors during capture. While fish are recognized as sentient beings in UK law, commercially caught wild fish are excluded from welfare protections, leading to major welfare issues in wild capture sea fisheries with great potential for reforms.
Review
Veterinary Sciences
G. J. Mason, J. M. Lavery
Summary: Debates on fishes' ability to feel pain revolve around consciousness and whether reactions to tissue damage indicate evaluative consciousness or mere nociception. This issue's importance is unquestionable due to concerns that current practices may compromise the welfare of countless fish. The question of fish sentience sparks intense debates, with different opinions on the matter. Despite the discovery of trout nociceptors, there is still a lack of bullet-proof neurological and behavioral indicators of sentience in fish. Agnosticism about fish sentience remains widespread.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Tropical Medicine
Stefany Monsalve, Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Luis Polo, Gina Polo
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Priscilla Regina Tamioso, Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Cesar Augusto Taconeli, Guilherme Parreira da Silva, Carla Forte Maiolino Molento
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY BEHAVIOR-CLINICAL APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
(2017)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Priscilla Regina Tamioso, Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Cesar Augusto Taconeli, Guilherme Parreira da Silva, Carla Forte Maiolino Molento
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY BEHAVIOR-CLINICAL APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
(2017)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Gina Polo, Javier Borbon, Jaime F. Gonzalez Mantilla
REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE CIENCIAS PECUARIAS
(2017)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
A. P. O. Souza, V. S. Soriano, M. A. Schnaider, D. S. Rucinque, C. F. M. Molento
Article
Fisheries
Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Andre Luiz Watanabe, Carla Forte Maiolino Molento
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Ana Paula Oliveira Souza, Carla Forte Maiolino Molento
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
P. R. Tamioso, A. Boissy, X. Boivin, H. Chandeze, S. Andanson, E. Delval, C. A. Taconeli, D. Hazard, C. F. M. Molento
Article
Fisheries
Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Pedro Fontalva Ferreira, Paulo Roberto Pedroso Leme, Judite Lapa-Guimaraes, Elisabete Maria Macedo Viegas
Summary: This study assessed the use of Ocimum americanum and Lippia alba essential oils as anaesthetics in Nile tilapia, showing that Ocimum americanum oil induced deep anaesthesia faster than Lippia alba oil and resulted in higher sensory scores for fillets. The essential oils were effective in inducing deep anaesthesia, providing a potential alternative to hypothermia for fish pre-slaughter handling in Brazil.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Hans van de Vis, Henny Reimert, Bjorn Roth, Atle Foss, Cesar Augusto Taconeli, Marien Gerritzen
Summary: The World Organization for Animal Health recommends the use of stunning methods before the slaughter of farmed fish. However, the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) for stunning fish is still common worldwide, despite not being recommended by the organization. This study aimed to assess the onset of unconsciousness in halibut immersed in CO2-saturated seawater through electroencephalography (EEG).
Article
Food Science & Technology
Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Sandy Lorena Pulecio-Santos, Elisabete Maria Macedo Viegas
Summary: This study aimed to assess the influence of different pre-slaughter methods on the meat quality parameters of Nile tilapia. The results showed that live chilling had a faster onset of rigor mortis compared to essential oil anesthesia, and mechanical spiking had comparable effects to live chilling. The pH value, TVB-N, and K-value remained unchanged, indicating no detrimental effects on meat quality.
JOURNAL OF AQUATIC FOOD PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Andrea Gomes Chalbaud Biscaia, Andre Luiz Watanabe, Carla Forte Maiolino Molento
Summary: The study investigated the parameters of electrical stunning in South American catfish and its effects on muscular pH and rigor mortis. It was found that electrical stunning could effectively stun fish and affect the unconsciousness duration and rigor mortis. The group stunned with 400 V showed better stunning effectiveness, longer unconsciousness duration, and faster onset of rigor mortis in fish muscles.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Francine Perri Venturini, Sheyla Cristina Vargas Baldi, Giuliana Parisi, Thayssa Duarte Costa, Daniel Santiago Rucinque, Mariza Pires Melo, Elisabete Maria Macedo Viegas
ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2018)