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November 9, 2009

Farm Animal Welfare

Science and research

The Humane Society of the United States

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.

Industry Impacts on Animals

General and Overview

  • Animal Welfare & Human Health Risks of Transport (published)
  • Animal Welfare in the Meat, Egg, and Dairy Industries
  • Genetic Engineering and Cloning
  • The Welfare of Intensively Confined Animals

    The Broiler Chicken and Turkey Industries

  • Animal Welfare in the Broiler Chicken Industry
  • Animal Welfare in the Turkey Industry
  • Breeding for Rapid Growth in Poultry
  • Caponizing Chickens
  • Manual Catching of Poultry
  • Transport of Day-Old Chicks
  • The Welfare of Birds at Slaughter

    The Egg Industry

  • Animal Welfare in the Egg Industry
  • Scientists and Experts: Battery Cages
  • Breeding for Egg Production
  • Hen Welfare in Battery Cages and Alternative Systems
  • The Welfare of Intensively Confined Animals

    The Foie Gras and Duck Industries

  • Animal Welfare in the Foie Gras Industry
  • Animal Welfare in the Duck Industry
  • Scientists and Experts: Force-Feeding

    The Pig Industry

  • Welfare Issues with Gestation Crates
  • The Welfare of Intensively Confined Animals
  • Scientists and Experts: Gestation Crates

    The Beef Industry

  • The Meat, Egg, and Dairy Industries

    The Dairy Industry

  • The Welfare of Cows in the Dairy Industry
  • Tail Docking in Dairy Cows

    The Veal Industry

  • Animal Welfare in the Veal Industry
  • The Welfare of Intensively Confined Animals

    The Aquatic Animal Industries

  • Animal Welfare in the Aquaculture Industry
  • Fish and Pain Perception
  • Welfare of Crustaceans at Slaughter
  • Welfare of Farmed Fish at Slaughter

    Industry Impacts on the Environment and Human Health

    Environmental Implications

  • Animal Agriculture and Climate Change
  • Animal Agriculture and the Environment
  • Fact Sheet: Climate Change
  • Fact Sheet: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Factory Farming in America: The True Cost
  • Global Farm Animal Production & Global Warming (published)
  • Health Professionals and Climate Change (published)
  • Implications of Farm Animal-Based Bioenergy Production

    Human Health Implications

  • Cage vs. Cage-Free Eggs (Food Safety)
  • Chicken and Turkey Live Hang and Worker Safety
  • Fact Sheet: Non-Therapeutic Antibiotic Use
  • Factory Farming in America: The True Cost
  • Food Safety and Foie Gras (published)
  • Food Safety Concerns with Downed Cattle Slaughter
  • Health Professionals & Animal Agriculture (published)
  • Human Health & Animal Welfare Risks of Transport (published)
  • Industrialized Animal Agriculture and Rural Communities
  • Industrialized Animal Agriculture and World Hunger
  • Live Bird Markets and Avian Influenza
  • Non-Therapeutic Antibiotic Use
  • Poultry Production and Avian Influenza
  • Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (published)

    Animal Industry Statistics

    Statistics

  • U.S. Slaughter Totals
  • U.S. Per Capita Meat Consumption
  • U.S. Per Capita Dairy and Egg Consumption
  • U.S. Top 5 Production States in 2005

     

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