Understanding, Assessing and Improving Farm Animal Welfare

Luc Mounier is a professor of animal welfare at VetAgro Sup and a member of UMR Herbivores (VetAgro Sup, INRAE). A graduate of the European College of Veterinary Specialization in Animal Welfare, he is responsible for the Animal Welfare partnership chair.

Part 1: Farm animal welfare: Understanding animal welfare 1.1: Contemporary societal expectations in terms of animal welfare 1.2: The historical development of the concept of animal welfare 1.3: Regulations in Europe, France and the rest of the world 1.4: Scientific basis for the sentient and conscious nature of animals 1.5: Definitions of animal welfare Part 2: Farm animal welfare: Assessing animal welfare 2.1: Animal welfare assessment indicators 2.2: Animal-based indicators 2.3: Validation of indicators 2.4: What integration process should be used to assess animal welfare? 2.5: Application through a number of assessment protocols 2.6: The well-being improvement loop 2.7: The contribution of new technologies to assessing and improving animal welfare Part 3: Farm animal welfare: Improving animal welfare 3.1: Improving the physical and social environment for farm animals 3.2: Improving animal-human interactions through better relational practices 3.3: Integrated health management 3.4: Better management of animal pain 3.5: The role of genetics in improving animal welfare 3.6: Improving transport and slaughter conditions