German Animal Welfare Act

I. Zootechnical Description..........................................................................................................13 II. Veterinary Inventory................................................................................................................. 15 Biological Outcomes........................................................................................................ 16 Affective Experiences............................................................................................................17 Association Between Circumstances, Biological Outcomes, and Affective Experiences.20 III. Affective Quantification.......................................................................................................... 20 (A) Temporal Description Using Notation Systems.............................................................21 (B) Calculation of Cumulative Affect....................................................................................27 IV. Epidemiological Investigation................................................................................................ 29 V. Econometric Calculation......................................................................................................... 29 Cumulative Pain and Pleasure for Each Life-Fate................................................................30 Cumulative Pain and Pleasure for the Average Individual in a System.............................. 30 Welfare Footprint: Cumulative Pain and Pleasure per Unit of Product.............................. 30 Interspecific Scaling...............................................................................................................31 Welfare Footprint Expression and

…Materials and Methods The study was performed in compliance with the EU Directive 2010/63/EU for animal experiments and the German Animal Welfare Act [32]. All procedures were approved by the…

…Materials and Methods The study was performed in compliance with the EU Directive 2010/63/EU for animal experiments and the German Animal Welfare Act [32]. All procedures were approved by the…

…Therefore, according to the German Animal Welfare Act, surgical castration of male piglets less than seven days of age without anesthesia will be forbidden in 2021 [4]. Gonadotropin-releasing-hormone (GnRH)-vaccination…

and Food Safety (LAVES), Hannover, Germany in accordance with §8 (1) of the German Animal Health and Welfare Act and approved under the permit number 33.9-42502-04-19/3218. Data…

…However, proper assessment and elimination of pain are mandatory to comply with the requirements of the German Animal Welfare Act and to ensure that the wellbeing of the animals is not negatively…

…Thus, for animal welfare reasons, the German Animal Welfare Act stipulates the use of effective anesthesia during castration. However, whether local anesthesia provides adequate analgesia has been an ongoing debate in Germany…