…T he present study was conducted during Jully, 2020 to November, 2020 at Pig Unit, Livestock Farm Complex (LFC), College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India to study the effect of…
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…the farm with treatment, but where there was a risk of Several veterinarians reported the attitude, resilience and ability further decline in their clinical status, were sometimes more likely of livestock owners…
…Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations. Rome http://faostat.fao.org 2, (2018). 2. Suryawanshi, K. R. et al. Impact of wild prey availability on livestock predation by snow leopards…
…Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations. Rome http://faostat.fao.org 2, (2018). 2. Suryawanshi, K. R. et al. Impact of wild prey availability on livestock predation by snow leopards…
…for use on-farm to alleviate pain associated with livestock surgical husbandry procedures, including piglet castration [1–5]. Piglet castration is a common procedure conducted in commercial pig industries around the world…
…for use on-farm to alleviate pain associated with livestock surgical husbandry procedures, including piglet castration [1–5]. Piglet castration is a common procedure conducted in commercial pig industries around the world…
…for use on-farm to alleviate pain associated with livestock surgical husbandry procedures, including piglet castration [1–5]. Piglet castration is a common procedure conducted in commercial pig industries around the world…
…the United States. Vet. Clin. N. Am. Food Anim. Pract. 2013, 29, 11–28. 97. Anil, L.; Anil, S.S.; Deen, J. Pain detection and amelioration in animals on the farm: Issues…
2005.04.015. published maps and institutional affiliations. 192. Kirkden R, Broom D, Andersen I. Invited review: piglet mortality: manage- ment solutions. J Anim Sci. 2013;91(7):3361–89. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.20 12-5637.
s, durations of life, and end purposes—whether reproduction, meat, milk or egg production, culling, or discard. For example, in pig production, common Life-Fates include: 13 ○ Market pigs, typically slaughtered around 4–6 months of age. ○ Female breeders (sows), kept through multiple gestation and lactation cycles. ○ Male breeders, usually kept longer for reproductive purposes. Life-Fates can be further disaggregated based on specific outcomes relevant to the analysis. For instance, within market pigs, a distinction might be made between those that survive to slaughter and those that die before weaning. These finer distinctions enable more accurate welfare quantification when mortality, growth performance, or management practices vary substantially within a Life-Fate. 3. Life-Phases Each Life-Fate can experience one or more biologically and operationally meaningful Life-Phases—distinct phases within the animal’s life course characterized by specific developmental stages and corresponding management conditions. Examples include the hatchery phase, suckling phase, post-weaning, growing/fattening phase, lactation, laying periods, transport and slaughter. Life-Phases are defined not merely by chronological age, but by functionally distinct features such as nutritional needs, environmental conditions, housing structure, physiological transitions (e.g., sexual maturity), and management protocols. These phases are analytically relevant because the nature, prevalence, and severity of welfare challenges can differ substantially among them. In practice, some Life-Phases may align with the boundaries of Production Modules (as described in the previous section), such as when animals are transferred from rearing to finishing environments, or from