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Evaluation of score parameters for severity assessment of surgery and liver cirrhosis in rats
Animal Welfare, 2023 Severity assessment in animals is an ongoing field of research. In particular, the question of objectifiable and meaningful parameters of score-sheets, as well as their best combination, arise.
Johanne C Krueger +9 more
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Welfarism vs. extra-welfarism [PDF]
Journal of Health Economics, 2008 'Extra-welfarism' has received some attention in health economics, yet there is little consensus on what distinguishes it from more conventional 'welfarist economics'. In this paper, we seek to identify the characteristics of each in order to make a systematic comparison of the ways in which they evaluate alternative social states.
Werner B. F. Brouwer +4 more
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Animal Welfare, 2023 Concerns over compromised companion rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus) welfare are widespread. The welfare problems have been linked to the perception of rabbits as low investment ‘children’s pets.’ To test this hypothesis and investigate the ...
Cecilie Ravn Skovlund +5 more
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012 This chapter reviews and discusses major theories and empirical studies about the welfare magnet hypothesis, i.e. whether immigrants are more likely to move to countries with generous welfare systems. Although economic theory predicts that welfare generosity affects the number, composition and location of immigrants, the empirical evidence is rather ...
Giulietti, Corrado, Wahba, Jackline
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Environmental enrichment for reptiles in European zoos: Current status and perspectives
Animal Welfare, 2023 Zoos and aquaria are paying increasing attention to environmental enrichment, which has proven an effective tool for the improvement of animal welfare. However, several ongoing issues have hampered progress in environmental enrichment research.
Alicia Bartolomé +2 more
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Animal Welfare, 2023 Large numbers of decapod crustacea are farmed and harvested globally for human consumption. Growing evidence for the capacity of these animals to feel pain, and therefore to suffer, has led to increased concern for their welfare, including at slaughter ...
Nikki J Kells +2 more
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On the Representation and Construction of Equitable Social Welfare Orders [PDF]
Mathematical Social Sciences, Volume 107, September 2020, Pages
17-22, 2020 This paper examines the representation and explicit description of social welfare orders on infinite utility streams. It is assumed that the social welfare orders under investigation satisfy upper asymptotic Pareto and anonymity axioms. We prove that there exists no real-valued representation of such social welfare orders.
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Animal Welfare, 2023 Animal welfare is of increasing public interest, and the pig industry in particular is subject to much attention. The aim of this study was to identify and compare areas of animal welfare concern for commercial pigs in four different production stages ...
Anne Marie Michelsen +8 more
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The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human–Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare
Animals, 2020 Simple Summary This review outlines the latest in a succession of updates of the Five Domains Model, which, at each stage, incorporated contemporary verified scientific thinking of relevance to animal welfare assessment.
D. Mellor +6 more
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How equestrians conceptualise horse welfare: Does it facilitate or hinder change?
Animal Welfare, 2023 More than ever the welfare of horses in equestrian sport is in the spotlight. In response to this scrutiny, one peak body, the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) has created an Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission to protect their sport’s ...
Karen L Luke +4 more
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