December 10, 2010

Farm Animal Welfare: Science & Research

Humane Society International

For comprehensive reports on animal agribusiness and its toll on farm animal welfare, the environment, and public health, browse through our Research Library below. Each report is available online as a downloadable PDF.

General and overview

• The Environmental, Public Health, and Social Impacts of Pig Factory Farming

Farm animal welfare

• The Welfare of Intensively Confined Animals
• O Bem-estar de Animais Confinados Intensivamente em Gaiolas em Bateria, Celas de Gestação e Gaiolas para Vitelo (Portuguese)
• About Chickens
• Scientists and Experts on Battery Cages and Laying Hen Welfare
• Lo que dicen los científicos y expertos acerca de las jaulas en batería y el bienestar de las gallinas ponedoras (Spanish)
• The Welfare of Animals in the Aquaculture Industry
• Fish and Pain Perception
• The Welfare of Animals in the Pig Industry
• El bienestar de animales en la industria porcina (Spanish)
• Welfare Issues with Genetic Engineering and Cloning of Farm Animals
• The Welfare of Animals in the Egg Industry
• Animal Welfare and Food Safety Aspects of Confining Broilers Chickens to Cages  (Published)                       

Human health implications of factory farming

• Health Professionals & Animal Agriculture (published)
• Human Health & Animal Welfare Risks of Transport (published)
• Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (published)
• Human Health Implications of Intensive Poultry Production
• Food Safety and Foie Gras (published)
• Food Safety and Cage Egg Production
• La inocuidad de los alimentos y la producción de huevos en jaulas (Spanish)
• Human Health Impacts of Odors from Industrial Farm Animal Production
• Los impactos sobre la salud humana de olores emitidos por instalaciones de cría intensiva de animales de producción (Spanish)
• Impact of Industrial Farm Animal Production on Food Security in the Developing World 
• The Industrialization of Animal Agriculture in the Developing World (Published)
• Avian Influenza in India
• Biosecurity Challenges of Industrial Farm Animal Production

Environmental implications

• The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming and Climate Change
• Biosecurity Challenges of Industrial Farm Animal Production

Economics

• Economics of Alternatives to Gestation Crate Housing of Sows

• Aspectos Económicos de la Adopción de Alternativas al Confinamiento de Cerdas en Jaulas de Gestación (Spanish)

Brazil

• Adopting a Cage-Free Production Policy for Animal Products in Brazil
• Adotando uma Política de Produção Livre de Gaiolas para Produtos de Origem Animal no Brasil (Portuguese)
• The Impact of Animal Agriculture on the Environment and Climate Change in Brazil
• O Impacto da Criação de Animais para Consumo no Meio Ambiente e nas Mudanças Climáticas no Brasil (Portuguese)

India

• The Impact of Animal Agriculture on the Environment and Climate Change in India: A Focus on Methane
• Avian Influenza in India

Mexico

• Pig Factory Farming in Mexico
• La Cría Intensiva de Cerdos en México (Spanish)