ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Animal-Based Indicators for On-Farm Welfare Assessment in Sheep.
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Detection of Nutritionally Driven Live Weight Changes in Dairy Ewes Using a Walk-over-Weighing System.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparative On-Farm Welfare Assessment of Sheep in Extensive, Semi-Extensive, and Semi-Intensive Systems.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Developing a Practical Welfare Assessment Tool for Intensive Sheep and Goat Farming in Hot-Arid Regions: Pilot Validation in the United Arab Emirates.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Comprehensive evaluation of dairy ewe welfare in Algerian intensive farms using the BIENE protocol.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2026Article
- The Effect of Environment and Husbandry Practices on Sheep Welfare.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Machine-Milking Practices, Animal Welfare-Related Reactions and Quality of Milk Produced in Dairy Sheep Farms.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Animal Welfare Problems in Sheep Farming: A Current Overview for Germany Based on Surveys of Veterinary Offices and the Evaluation of Publicly Accessible Court Cases.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- On-farm welfare assessment of semi-extensively managed sheep using Animal Welfare Indicators (AWIN) protocol.Archives animal breeding · 2025Article
- The Use of Machine Learning to Predict Prevalence of Subclinical Mastitis in Dairy Sheep Farms.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Development of a Parturition Detection System for Korean Native Black Goats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Acute post-orchiectomy pain does not reduce alpha rams' interest in feed resources.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Investigating the use of machine learning algorithms to support risk-based animal welfare inspections of cattle and pig farms.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Review of Rat (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- The Importance of the Slaughterhouse in Surveilling Animal and Public Health: A Systematic Review.Veterinary sciences · 2023Review
- Development of a data-driven method for assessing health and welfare in the most common livestock species in Switzerland: The Smart Animal Health project.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Improving Ovine Behavioral Pain Diagnosis by Implementing Statistical Weightings Based on Logistic Regression and Random Forest Algorithms.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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Abstract
The value society assigns to animal welfare in agricultural productions is increasing, resulting in ever-enhancing methods to assess the well-being of farm animals. The aim of this study was to review the scientific literature to obtain an overview of the current knowledge on welfare assessments for sheep and to extract animal-based welfare indicators as well as welfare protocols with animal-based indicators. By title and abstract screening, we identified five protocols and 53 potential indicators from 55 references. Three out of the five protocols include animal-based as well as resource-based indicators. All of them were assessed as being practicable on-farm but lacking reliability. Some of the single indicators are endorsed by the literature and widely used in the field like assessment of behaviour, lameness or body condition score. Others (e.g., Faffa Malan Chart FAMACHA©, dag score or pain assessment) are regularly mentioned in the literature, but their reliability and usefulness are still subject of discussion. Several indicators, such as pruritic behaviour, eye condition, lying time or tooth loss are relatively new in the literature and still lack evidence for their validity and usefulness. This literature review serves as a starting point for the development of valid and practicable welfare protocols for sheep.
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