Publications

This collection of Publications includes books, peer-reviewed articles, chapters, presentations, and other materials related to the assessment and improvement of animal welfare. The documents reflect not only the achievements of the Welfare Quality® project, but also the current challenges and new research pathways, such as automated indicators, indirect measures, and strategies to optimize sustainable and ethical production systems.

We hope these resources will be valuable for scientists, policy makers, industry professionals, and students interested in advancing animal welfare.

 

This book synthesises the huge body of work carried out by the largest ever international network of scientists and stakeholders in Welfare Quality and describes why particular paths were chosen, some of the obstacles encountered and their solution, and some outputs and major achievements. It also clearly sets out what still needs to be done and presents selected strategies and technologies (automation, proxy indicators, targeting of risk factors etc) designed to ensure the continued improvement of welfare and its assessment.

The book provides a valuable source of knowledge on farm animal welfare for social and animal scientists, students, teachers, policy makers, lobby groups and the animal industry.

 

  • Vermeer, H.M., Reenen, C.G. van and Spoolder, H.A.M. (2012) Vereenvoudiging Welfare Quality® protocol voor varkens (English summary: ‘Simplifying the Welfare Quality® Protocol for Pigs’), Rapport 622. Lelystad: Wageningen UR Livestock Research.
 
  • Blokhuis, H.J., Jones, R.B, Veissier, I. and Geers, R. (2006) Measuring and Monitoring Farm Animal Welfare, COST Action 846. Leuven: K.U.Leuven R&D.

2020

  • Buller, Henry, Blokhuis, Harry, Lokhorst, Kees, Silberberg, Mathieu and Veissier, Isabelle, 2020. Animal welfare management in a digital world. Animals, 10, 1779; doi:10.3390/ani10101779.

 

2019

  • Blokhuis, H.J., Veissier, I., Miele, M. and Jones, R.B., 2019. Safeguarding farm animal welfare. In: Melissa Vogt (Ed.), Sustainability Certification Schemes in the Agricultural and Natural Resource Sectors. Outcomes for Society and the Environment. Routledge, London, UK, 137-153.
  • Linda Jane Keeling, Håkan Tunon, Gabriela Olmos Antillón, Charlotte Lotta Berg, Michael Jones, Leopoldo Stuardo, Janice Swanson, Anna Wallenbeck, Christoph Winckler and Harry Blokhuis, 2019. Animal Welfare and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, section Animal Behavior and Welfare, 6, 1-12 (10 October 2019). https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00336.
 

2018

  • Nielsen, P., Fontana, I., Sloth, K.H., Guarino, M. and Blokhuis, H.J., 2018. Technical note: Validation and comparison of two commercially available activity loggers. Journal of Dairy Science, 101:1–5. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2017-13784.
  • Blokhuis, H.J., 2018. Animal Welfare information in a changing world. In: A. Butterworth (Ed.), Animal Welfare in a changing world. CABI, Wallingford, UK, 208-216.
  • Buller, H., Blokhuis, H., Jensen, P. and Keeling, L., 2018. Towards Farm AnimalWelfare and Sustainability. Review. Animals 2018, 8, 81; doi:10.3390/ani8060081.
  • Viksten, S.M., Visser, E.K., Hitchens, P.L. and Blokhuis, H.J., 2018. The effects of feedback from horse welfare assessments. Animal Welfare, 27: 125-131. doi: 10.7120/09627286.27.2.125.

 

2017

  • Viksten, S.M., Visser, E.K., Nyman, S. and Blokhuis, H.J., 2017. Developing a horse welfare assessment protocol. Animal Welfare 26, 59-65.

  • Silvera, A.M., Wallenbeck, A., Butterworth, A. and Blokhuis, H.J., 2017. Modification of the human–broiler relationship and its potential effects on production. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A — Animal Science, 66, 161-167. DOI: 10.1080/09064702.2017.1286379

  • Gocsik, E., Silvera, A., Hansson, H., Saatkamp, H. and Blokhuis, H.J., 2017. Exploring the economic potential of reducing broiler lameness. British Poultry Science 58:4, 337-347.

  • Silvera, A.M., Knowles, T.G., Butterworth, A., Berckmans, D., Vranken, E. and Blokhuis, H.J., 2017. Lameness assessment with automatic monitoring of activity in commercial broiler flocks Poultry Science 0, 1-5.

 

2016

  • Viksten, S.M., Visser, E.K. and Blokhuis, H.J., 2016. A comparative study of the application of two horse welfare assessment protocols. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica – Section A. vol 66, no 1, 56-65.

 

2014

  • Main, D.C.J., Mullan, S., Atkinson, C., Cooper, M., Wrathall, J.H.M. and Blokhuis, H.J., 2014. Best practice framework for animal welfare certification schemes. Trends in Food Science & Technology 37, 127-136.
  • Veissier, I., Mounier, L., Boissy, A., Boivin, X., Meunier-Salaun, M.C., Spoolder, H. and Blokhuis, H.J. Animal-based indicators for welfare assessment. ASIRPA Socio-economic analysis of the diversity of Impacts of Public Research for Agriculture, INRA, 28pp.

 

2013

  • Bassler, A., Arnould, C., Butterworth, A., Colin, L., De Jong, I.C., Ferrante, V., Ferrari, P., Haslam, S., Wemelsfelder, F. and Blokhuis, H.J., 2013. Factors associated with contact dermatitis, walking ability, emotional state and human-animal relationship in broiler chicken flocks. Poultry Science  vol. 92  no. 11  2811-2826.
  • Blokhuis, H.J., Jones, R.B, Veissier, I. and Miele, M. (Eds.), 2013. Improving farm animal welfare. Science and society working together: the Welfare Quality approach. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. 232p.
  • Blokhuis, H.J., Veissier, I., Jones, R.B, and Miele, M., 2013. The Welfare Quality® vision. In: Blokhuis, H.J., Jones, R.B, Veissier, I. and Miele, M. (Eds.), Improving farm animal welfare. Science and society working together: the Welfare Quality approach. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. 71-89.
  • Blokhuis, H.J., Jones, R.B, Miele, M. and Veissier, I., 2013. Assessing and improving farm animal welfare: the way forward. In: Blokhuis, H.J., Jones, R.B, Veissier, I. and Miele, M. (Eds.), Improving farm animal welfare. Science and society working together: the Welfare Quality approach. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. 215-222.
  • Butterworth, A., Blokhuis, H.J., Jones, R.B, and Veissier, I., 2013. Relevance and implementation of Welfare Quality® assessment systems. In: Blokhuis, H.J., Jones, R.B, Veissier, I. and Miele, M. (Eds.), Improving farm animal welfare. Science and society working together: the Welfare Quality approach. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. 201-214
  • Miele, M., Blokhuis, H.J., Bennett, R. and Bock, B., 2013. Changes in farming and in stakeholder concern for animal welfare. In: Blokhuis, H.J., Jones, R.B, Veissier, I. and Miele, M. (Eds.), Improving farm animal welfare. Science and society working together: the Welfare Quality approach. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. 19-47.
 

2012

  • Blokhuis, H.J., 2012. Welfare Quality®. World’s PoultryScience Journal. 68, supplement 1, 1-7.
  • Evans, A. and Miele, M. (2012) Between food and flesh: how animals are made to matter (and not to matter) within food consumption practices, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 30(2), pp. 298–314, doi:10.1068/d12810.
  • Leruste, H., Bokkers, E.A.M., Heutinck, L.F.M., Wolthuis-Fillerup, M., Werf, J.T.N. van der, Brscic, M., Cozzi, G., Engel, B., Reenen, C.G. van and Lensink, B.J. (2012). Evaluation of onfarm veal calves’ responses to unfamiliar humans and potential influencing factors, animal, 6(12), pp 2003–2010, doi:10.1017/S1751731112001346.
  • Leruste, H., Brscic, M., Heutinck, L.F.M., Visser, E.K., Wolthuis-Fillerup, E.K., Bokkers, E.A.M., Stockhofe-Zurwieden, N., Cozzi, G., Gottardo, F., Lensink, B.J. and Reenen, C.G. van (2012) The relationship between clinical signs of respiratory system disorders and lung lesions at slaughter in veal calves, Preventive Veterinary Medicine 105(1–2), pp. 93– 100, doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.01.015.
  • Temple, D., Courboulay, V., Manteca, X., Velarde, A. and Dalmau, A. (2012) The welfare of growing pigs in five different production systems: assessment of feeding and housing, Animal, 6, pp. 656–667.
  • Temple, D., Courboulay, V., Velarde, A., Dalmau, A. and Manteca, X. (2012) The welfare of growing pigs in five different production systems in France and Spain: assessment of health, Animal Welfare, 21, pp. 257–271.
  • Veissier, I., Aubert, A. and Boissy, A. (2012) Animal welfare: a result of animal background and perception of its environment, Animal Frontiers, 2(3), pp. 7–15, doi:10.2527/af.2012-0043.
  • Velarde, A. and Dalmau, A. (2012) Animal welfare assessment at slaughter in Europe: moving from inputs to outputs, Meat Science, 92, pp. 244–251.
 

2011

  • Ingenbleek, P.T.M., Blokhuis, H.J., Butterworth, A. and Keeling, L.J. (2011) A scenario analysis on the implementation of a farm animal welfare assessment system, Animal Welfare, 20(4), pp. 613–621.
  • Miele, M. (2011) The taste of happiness: free range chicken, Environment and Planning A, 43(9), pp. 2070–2090, doi: 10.1068/a43257. (2011 Environmental and Planning A Ashby Prize).
  • Miele, M., Buller, H., Veissier, I., Bock, B. and Spoolder, H. (2011) Knowing animals: introduction and overview, Animal Welfare, 20(1), pp. 1–2.
  • Miele, M., Veissier, I., Evans, A. and Botreau, R. (2011) Animal welfare: establishing a dialogue between science and society, Animal Welfare, 20(1), pp. 103–117.
  • Temple, D., Dalmau, A., Ruiz de la Torre, J.L., Manteca, X. and Velarde, A. (2011) Application of the Welfare Quality® protocol to assess growing pigs kept under intensive conditions in Spain, Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 6, pp. 138–149.
  • Temple, D., Manteca, X., Velarde, A. and Dalmau, A. (2011) Assessment of animal welfare through behavioural parameters in Iberian pigs in intensive and extensive conditions, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 131, pp. 29–39.
  • Thompson, P., Appleby, M., Busch, L., Kalof, L., Miele, M., Norwood, B. and Pajor, E. (2011) Values and public acceptability dimensions of sustainable egg production, Poultry Science, 90, pp. 2097–2109, doi:10.3382/ps.2010-0138.
  • Veissier, I., Jensen, K.K., Botreau, R. and Sandøe, P. (2011) Highlighting ethical choices underlying the scoring of animal welfare, Animal Welfare, 20(1), pp. 89–101.
 

2010

  • Blokhuis, H., Veissier, I., Miele, M. and Jones, B. (2010) The Welfare Quality® project and beyond: safeguarding farm animal well-being, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A – Animal Sciences, 60(3), pp 129–140.
  • Dalmau, A., Geverink, N.A., Van Nuffel, A., Van Steenbergen, L., Reenen, K. van, Hautekiet, V., Vermeulen, K., Velarde, A. and Tuyttens, F.A.M. (2010) Repeatability of lameness, fear and slipping scores to assess animal welfare upon arrival in pig slaughterhouses, Animal, 4(5), pp. 804–809.
  • Miele, M. and Evans, A. (2010) When foods become animals: ruminations on ethics and responsibility in care-full spaces of consumption, Ethics, Policy and Environment, 13(2), pp. 171–190.
  • Mounier, L., De Boyer, A. and Veissier, I. (2010) Evaluation du bien-être selon la méthode Welfare Quality®, Le Point Vétérinaire, 41(307), pp. 53–60.
  • Veissier, I., Botreau, R. and Perny, P. (2010) Evaluation multicritere appliquee au bien-etre des animaux en ferme ou a l’abattoir: difficultes et solutions du projet Welfare Quality® (Multicriteria evaluation applied to farm animal welfare: difficulties and solutions from the Welfare Quality® project) (English abstract), INRA Productions Animales, 23(3), pp. 269-284.
 

2009

  • Boivin, X., Gilard, F. and Egal, D. (2009) The effect of early human contact and the separation method from the dam on responses of beef calves to humans, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 120, pp. 132–139.
  • Bokkers, E.A.M., Leruste, H., Heutinck, L.F.M., Wolthuis-Fillerup, M., Werf, J.T.N. van der, Lensink, B.J. and Reenen, C.G. van (2009) Inter-observer and test-retest reliability of on-farm behavioural observations in veal calves, Animal Welfare, 18, pp. 381–390.
  • Botreau, R., Veissier, I. and Perny, P. (2009) Overall assessment of cow welfare: strategy adopted in Welfare Quality®, Animal Welfare, 18(4), pp. 363–370.
  • Canali, E. and Keeling, L. (2009) Welfare Quality project: from scientific research to on farm assessment of animal welfare, Italian Journal of Animal Sciences, 8(2S), pp. 900–903.
  • Dalmau, A., Fabrega, E. and Velarde, A. (2009) Fear Assessment in pigs exposed to a novel object test, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 117, pp. 173–180.
  • Dalmau, A., Temple, D., Rodriguez, P., Llonch, P. and Velarde, A. (2009) Application of the Welfare Quality® protocol at pig slaughterhouses, Animal Welfare, 18, pp. 381–390.
  • D’Eath, R.B., Roehe, R., Turner, S.P., Ison, S.H., Farish, M., Jack, M.C., Lundeheim, N., Rydhmer, L. and Lawrence, A.B. (2009) Genetics of animal temperament: aggressive behaviour at mixing is genetically associated with the response to handling in pigs, Animal, 3, pp. 1544–1554.
  • De Rosa, G., Grasso, F., Pacelli, C., Napolitano, F. and Winckler, C. (2009) The welfare of dairy buffalo, Italian Journal of Animal Science, 8(1S), pp. 103–116.
  • Dippel, S., Dolezal, M., Brenninkmeyer, C., Brinkmann, J., March, S., Knierim, U. and Winckler, C. (2009) Risk factors for lameness in cubicle housed Austrian Simmental dairy cows, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 90, pp. 102–112.
  • Dippel, S., Dolezal, M., Brenninkmeyer, C., Brinkmann, J., March, S., Knierim, U. and Winckler, C. (2009) Risk factors for lameness in cubicle housed dairy cows across two breeds, farming systems and countries, Journal of Dairy Science, 92(11), pp. 5476–5486.
  • Fernàndez de Sevilla, X., Casellas, J., Tibau, J. and Fàbrega, E. (2009) Consistency and influence on performance of behavioural differences in Large White and Landrace purebred pigs, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 117, pp. 13–19.
  • Fernàndez de Sevilla, X., Fàbrega, E., Tibau, J. and Casellas, J. (2009) Competing risk analyses of longevity in Duroc sows with a special emphasis on leg conformation, Animal, 3, pp. 446–453.
  • Fernàndez de Sevilla, X., Fàbrega, E., Tibau, J. and Casellas, J. (2009) Genetic background and phenotypic characterization over two farrowings of leg conformation defects in Landrace and Large White sows, Journal of Animal Science 87, pp. 1606–1612.
  • Huertas Canén, S.M. (2009) El Bienestar Animal: un Tema Científico, Ético, Económico Y Político (English summary: ‘Animal welfare: a scientific, ethical, economical and political topic’), Agrociencia, 13(3), pp. 45–50.
  • Huertas, S.M., Gil, A., Piaggio, J. and Eerdenburg, F.J.C.M. van (2009) Transportation of beef cattle to slaughter houses and its relation to animal welfare and meat quality in an extensive production system, Animal Welfare, 19, pp. 281–285.
  • Knierim, U. and Winckler, C. (2009) On-farm welfare assessment in cattle: validity, reliability and feasibility issues and future perspectives with special regard to the Welfare Quality® approach, Animal Welfare, 18, pp. 451–458.
  • Leach, K.A., Dippel, S., Huber, J., March, S, Winckler, C. and Whay, H.R. (2009) Assessing lameness in cows kept in tie-stalls, Journal of Dairy Science, 92, pp. 1575–1580.
  • Schulze Westerath, H., Laister, S., Winckler, C. and Knierim, U. (2009) Exploration as an indicator of good welfare in beef bulls: an attempt to develop a test for on-farm assessment, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 116, pp. 126–133.
  • Scott, K., Binnendijk, G.P., Edwards, S.A., Guy, J.H., Kiezebrink, M.C. and Vermeer, H.M. (2009) Preliminary evaluation of a prototype welfare monitoring system for sows and piglets (Welfare Quality® project), Animal Welfare, 18, pp. 441–449.
  • Scott, K., Laws, D.M., Courboulay, V., Meunier-Salaün, M.C. and Edwards, S.A. (2009) Comparison of methods to assess fear of humans in sows, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 118, pp. 36–41.
  • Statham, P., Green, L., Bichard, M. and Mendl, M. (2009) Predicting tail-biting from behaviour of pigs prior to outbreaks, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 121, pp. 157–164.
  • Turner, S.P., Roehe, R., D’Eath, R.B., Ison, S.H., Farish, M., Jack, M.C., Lundeheim, N., Rydhmer, L. and Lawrence, A.B. (2009) Genetic validation of post-mixing skin injuries in pigs as an indicator of aggressiveness and the relationship with injuries under more stable social conditions, Journal of Animal Science, 87, pp. 3076–3082.
  • Windschnurer, I., Boivin, X. and Waiblinger, S. (2009) Reliability of an avoidance distance test for the assessment of animals’ responsiveness to humans and a preliminary investigation of its association with farmers’ attitudes on bull fattening farms, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 117(3–4), pp. 117–127.
 

2008

  • Blokhuis, H.J. (2008) International cooperation in animal welfare: the Welfare Quality® project, Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 50(Suppl 1), p. S10.
  • Blokhuis, H.J., Keeling, L.J., Gavinelli, A. and Serratosa, J. (2008) Animal welfare’s impact on the food chain, Trends in Food Science and Technology, 19, pp. S75–S83.
  • Bouvarel, I., Chagneau, A.M., Lescoat, P., Tesseraud, S. and Leterrier, C. (2008) Forty-eight-hour cycle sequential feeding with diets varying in protein and energy contents: adaptation in broilers at different ages, Poultry Science, 87(1), pp. 196–203.
  • Bracke, M.B.M. and Spoolder, H.A.M. (2008) Novel object test can detect marginal differences in environmental enrichment in pigs, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 109(1), pp. 39–48.
  • Fernàndez de Sevilla, X., Fàbrega, E., Tibau, J. and Casellas, J. (2008) Effect of leg conformation on survivability of Duroc, Landrace and Large White sows, Journal of Animal Science, 86, pp. 2392–2400.
  • González, L.A., Ferret, A., Manteca, X., Ruiz-de-la-Torre, J.L., Calsamiglia, S., Devant, M. and Bach, A. (2008) Performance, behavior, and welfare of Friesian heifers housed in pens at 2, 4 and 8 individuals per concentrate feeding place, Journal of Animal Science, 86(6), pp. 1446–1458.
  • Graml, C., Niebuhr, K. and Waiblinger, S. (2008) Reaction of laying hens to humans in the home or a novel environment, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 113, pp. 98–109.
  • Graml, C., Waiblinger, S. and Niebuhr, K. (2008) Validation of tests for on-farm assessment of the hen-human relationship in non-cage systems, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 111, pp. 301–310.
  • Turner, S.P., Roehe, R., Mekkawy, W., Farnworth, M.J., Knap, P.W. and Lawrence, A.B. (2008) Bayesian analysis of genetic associations of skin lesions and behavioural traits to identify genetic components of individual aggressiveness in pigs, Behavior Genetics, 38, pp. 67–75.
  • Veissier, I., Bock, B.B., Butterworth, A. and Roe, E. (2008) European approaches to ensure good animal welfare, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 113(4), pp. 279–297.
  • Windschnurer, I., Schmied, C., Boivin, X. and Waiblinger, S. (2008) Reliability and inter-test relationship of tests for on-farm assessment of dairy cows’ relationship to humans, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 114(1–2), pp. 37–53.
 

2007

  • Bock, B.B. and Huik, M.M. van (2007) Animal welfare, attitudes and behaviour of pig farmers across Europe, British Food Journal, 109(11), pp. 931–944.
  • Bock, B.B., Huik, M.M. vand, Prutzer, M., Kling Eveillard, F. and Dockes, A. (2007) Farmers’ relationship with different animals: the importance of getting close to the animals: case studies of French, Swedish and Dutch cattle, pig and poultry farmers, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 15(3), pp. 108–125.
  • Boivin, X., Marcantognini, L., Boulesteix, P., Godet, J., Brulé, A. and Veissier, I. (2007) Attitudes of farmers towards Limousin cattle and their handling, Animal Welfare, 16, pp. 147–151.
  • Borgen, S.O. and Skarstad, G.A. (2007) Norwegian pig farmers’ motivations for improving animal welfare, British Food Journal, 109(11), pp. 891–905.
  • Botreau, R., Bonde, M., Butterworth, A., Perny, P., Bracke, M.B.M., Capdeville, J. and Veissier, I. (2007) Aggregation of measures to produce an overall assessment of animal welfare. Part 1: a review of existing methods, Animal, 1(8), pp. 1179–1187.
  • Botreau, R., Bracke, M.B.M., Perny, P., Butterworth, A., Capdeville, J., Rennen, C.G. van and Veissier, I. (2007) Aggregation of measures to produce an overall assessment of animal welfare. Part 2: analysis of constraints, Animal, 1(8), pp. 1188–1197.
  • Botreau, R., Veissier, I., Butterworth, A., Bracke, M.B.M. and Keeling, L.J. (2007) Definition of criteria for overall assessment of animal welfare, Animal Welfare, 16(2), pp. 225–228.
  • Bracke, M.B.M. (2007) Animal-based parameters are no panacea for on-farm monitoring of animal welfare, Animal Welfare, 16, pp. 229–231.
  • Brenninkmeyer, C., Dippel, S., March, S., Brinkmann, J., Winckler, C. and Knierim, U. (2007) Reliability of a subjective lameness scoring system for dairy cows, Animal Welfare, 16, pp. 127–129.
  • Bruckmeier, K. and Prutzer, M. (2007) Swedish pig producers and their perspectives on animal welfare: a case study, British Food Journal, 109(11), pp. 906–918.
  • Buller, H. and Cesar, C. (2007) Eating well, eating fare: farm animal welfare in France, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 15(3), pp. 45–58. Chaloupková, H., Illmann, G., Bartoš, L. and Špinka, M. (2007) Effect of the pre-weaning housing system on play and agonistic behaviour in domestic pigs, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 103, pp. 25–34.
  • Dockes, A.-C., Kling-Eveillard, F., Jacquinot, M. and Beche, J.-M. (2007) Consommateurs et éleveurs face à la problématique du bien-être animal (English summary: ‘Consumers and cattle farmers face the issue of animal welfare’), 3R Rencontres sur les Recherches sur les Ruminants, 14, pp. 285–292.
  • Hubbard, C., Bourlakis, M. and Garrod, G. (2007) Pig in the middle: farmers and the delivery of farm animal welfare standards, British Food Journal, 109(11), pp. 919–930.
  • Huik, M.M. van and Bock, B.B. (2007) Attitudes of Dutch pig farmers towards animal welfare, British Food Journal, 109(11), pp. 879–890.
  • Ingenbleek, P., Binnekamp, M. and Goddijn, S. (2007) Setting standards for CSR: a comparative case study on criteria-formulating arganizations, Journal of Business Research, 60, pp. 539–548.
  • Kling-Eveillard, F., Dockès, A., Souquet, C. (2007) Attitudes of French pig farmers towards animal welfare, British Food Journal, 109(11), pp. 859–869.
  • Mayfield, L.E., Bennett, R.M., Tranter, R.B. and Wooldridge, M.J. (2007) Consumption of welfare-friendly food products in Great Britain, Italy and Sweden, and how it may be influenced by consumer attitudes to, and behaviour towards, animal welfare attributes, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 15(3), pp. 59-73.
  • Menghi, A. (2007) Italian pig producers’ attitude toward animal welfare, British Food Journal, 109(11), pp. 870–878.
  • Miele, M. and Bock, B. (2007) Competing discourses of farm animal welfare and agri-food restructuring, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 15(3), pp. 1–7.
  • Raubek, J., Niebuhr, K. and Waiblinger, S. (2007) Development of on-farm methods to assess the animal-human relationship in laying hens kept in non-cage systems, Animal Welfare, 16(2), pp. 173–176.
  • Skarstad, G.Å., Terragni, L. and Torjusen, H. (2007) Animal welfare according to Norwegian consumers and producers: definitions and implications, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 15(3), pp. 74-90.
  • Su, G., Lund, M.S. and Sorensen, D. (2007) Selection for litter size at day five improves litter size at weaning and piglet survival rate, Journal of Animal Science, 85(6), pp. 1385–1392.
  • Staack, M., Gruber, B., Keppler, C., Zaludik, K., Niebuhr, K. and Knierim, U. (2007) Bedeutung der Aufzucht der Legehennen für alternative Haltungsformen, Deutsche tierärztliche Wochenschrift, 114, pp. 86–90.
  • Veissier I., Botreau R., Capdeville J., 2007. L’évaluation globale du bien-être des animaux: objectifs, outils disponibles, utilisations, exemple du projet Welfare Quality® (English summary: ‘Animal welfare assessment on farms: objectives, available tools, uses, example of the project Welfare Quality®‘), 3R Rencontres sur les Recherches sur les Ruminants, 14, pp. 277–284.
 

2005

  • Veissier, I., Blokhuis, H.J., Geers, R., Jones, B. and Miele, M. (2005) Le projet Welfare Quality: de l’attente des consommateurs à la mise en place de certifications bien-être en élevage (English summary: ‘The Welfare Quality project: from consumer expectations to welfare certifications in animal husbandry’), Bulletin de l’Academie Veterinaire de France, 158(3), pp. 263–267.
 

2003

  • Blokhuis, H.J., Jones, R.B., Geers, R., Miele, M. and Veissier, I. (2003) Measuring and monitoring animal welfare: transparency in the food product quality chain, Animal Welfare, 12, pp. 445–455.

2012

  • Ribó, O. and Blokhuis, H. (2012) Risk assessment methodology and identification of animal-based indicators to assess animal welfare at farm level, in: C. Jakobsson (ed.) Sustainable Agriculture, Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture 1. Uppsala: Baltic University Programme, Uppsala University, pp. 362–368.

2010

  • Veissier, I. (2010) Bien-être animal: peut-on objectiver la subjectivité de l’animal?, in F. Burgat (ed.) Penser le comportement animal, contribution à une critique du réductionnisme, Versailles: Editions Quæ, pp. 209–220.