- MeSH
- Animals, Wild MeSH
- Organizations, Nonprofit * MeSH
- Animal Welfare * statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Accidents MeSH
- Rescue Work * MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- News MeSH
- MeSH
- Animals, Wild MeSH
- Organizations, Nonprofit * MeSH
- Animal Welfare * statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Accidents MeSH
- Rescue Work * MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- News MeSH
- Keywords
- záchranné stanice,
- MeSH
- Columbidae MeSH
- Animal Welfare statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Birds * classification MeSH
- Rescue Work * methods statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
- Keywords
- záchranné stanice,
- MeSH
- Endangered Species statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Animal Welfare * statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
Individual housing of dairy calves is common farm practice, but has negative effects on calf welfare. A compromise between practice and welfare may be housing calves in pairs. We compared learning performances and affective states as assessed in a judgement bias task of individually housed and pair-housed calves. Twenty-two calves from each housing treatment were trained on a spatial Go/No-go task with active trial initiation to discriminate between the location of a teat-bucket signalling either reward (positive location) or non-reward (negative location). We compared the number of trials to learn the operant task (OT) for the trial initiation and to finish the subsequent discrimination task (DT). Ten pair-housed and ten individually housed calves were then tested for their responses to ambiguous stimuli positioned in-between the positive and negative locations. Housing did not affect learning speed (OT: F1,35 = 0.39, P = 0.54; DT: F1,19 = 0.15, P = 0.70), but pair-housed calves responded more positively to ambiguous cues than individually housed calves (χ21 = 6.79, P = 0.009), indicating more positive affective states. This is the first study to demonstrate that pair housing improves the affective aspect of calf welfare when compared to individual housing.
- MeSH
- Housing, Animal * MeSH
- Behavior, Animal physiology MeSH
- Farms * MeSH
- Cognition physiology MeSH
- Animals, Newborn MeSH
- Weaning MeSH
- Animal Welfare standards statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Cattle MeSH
- Social Behavior * MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Cattle MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
The aim of this study was to describe the numbers and characteristics of cats entering Czech shelters. Records of sheltered cats were collected from three cat shelters situated in different regions of the Czech Republic from 2011 to 2015. A total of 2170 cat admissions were analyzed in this study. Significantly (p < .001) greater numbers of females (56%) were admitted. Most cats (60%) were admitted when they were aged younger than six months. Cats with dark coat colors prevailed (73%), cats with medium-shade colors followed (20%), and light-colored cats were the rarest (7%). The greatest numbers of cats were admitted in summer (36%), followed by autumn (33%). The fewest cats were admitted in winter (14%). Adoption was the most common outcome for admitted cats (65%), followed by unassisted death (22%) and euthanasia (11%) due to health reasons. Only 2% of cats were reclaimed from the shelters by their original caretakers. The length of stay ranged from 0 days to 1736 days with a median of 45 days. These findings may help shelter operators define optimal strategies and operational plans.
- MeSH
- Color MeSH
- Euthanasia, Animal statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Castration veterinary MeSH
- Cats * MeSH
- Mortality MeSH
- Animal Welfare statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Seasons MeSH
- Age Factors MeSH
- Ownership statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Cats * MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
- Keywords
- záchranné stanice, Český svaz ochránců přírody,
- MeSH
- Organizations, Nonprofit MeSH
- Animal Welfare * statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Accidents MeSH
- Rescue Work statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- News MeSH
The number of animals that die during transport to a slaughterhouse or shortly after being delivered to a slaughterhouse may serve as an indicator of animal welfare during transport. The aim of this study was to determine the mortality rate in cattle resulting from transport to slaughter in the Czech Republic in the period from 2009 to 2014, and to investigate the effect of travel distance and season of the year. Transport-related mortality rates were recorded for all categories of cattle for the following travel distances: up to 50 km, 51-100 km, 101-200 km and over 200 km. Higher mortality rates occurred with shorter travel distances (<50 km and 51-100 km) when compared to longer travel distances (101-200 km and > 200 km), with a significant difference (P < 0.01) between short and long travel distances being found in feeders and dairy cows. Also, the season of the year had a significant impact on the mortality rate among transported cattle. The highest mortality rate in all categories was observed in spring months. The lowest mortality rate was found in autumn months for fat cattle and dairy cows and in winter months for feeders and calves.
- MeSH
- Time Factors MeSH
- Transportation statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Abattoirs * MeSH
- Mortality * MeSH
- Animal Welfare statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Seasons * MeSH
- Cattle * MeSH
- Temperature MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Cattle * MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic epidemiology MeSH
- MeSH
- Animals, Wild MeSH
- Organizations, Nonprofit * MeSH
- Animal Welfare * statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Accidents MeSH
- Rescue Work * MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- News MeSH
