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Review: How do we measure welfare on farm? Indicators, proxies and gold standards

open access: yesAnimal
Farm animal welfare is assessed for compliance with legislation and labelling schemes, to evaluate the impacts of management change and for animal welfare research. Here, we ask: how can we assess how the animal experiences its life on farm?
C.M. Dwyer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Assessment of Housing Conditions, Management, Animal-Based Welfare, and Its Association with Productive and Reproductive Traits

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
The aim of the study was to evaluate the welfare of dairy goats of 32 farms located in Northwestern Italy, applying an on-farm assessment protocol, centered on animal-, resources- and management-based measures.
Francesco Tiezzi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Animal welfare definitions, frameworks, and assessment tools: Advancing the measurement and laying the foundation for improved animal welfare through a three-step approach

open access: yesAnimal Welfare
To qualify and quantify animal welfare, novel assessment tools have been and are being developed, while existing assessment tools are being modified so that they can be applied to multiple species living under different housing and management conditions.
F Josef van der Staay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychological Research in Iran: Review the Structure of Scientific Research Articles

open access: yesمجله علوم روانشناختی, 2018
Background: Several studies indicate that the structure of scientific articles in Phycology, particularly in methodology, have not met the required scientific standards.
Susan Rahimzadeh   +3 more
doaj  

Infrared Thermography and Physiological Variables as Methods for Recognizing Fear in Domestic Cats (Felis catus) Using Three Pharmacological Models: Cannabidiol, Gabapentin, and Synthetic Facial Pheromones

open access: yesVeterinary Sciences
This study aimed to assess changes in the surface temperature and physiological parameters of cats exposed to a fear model involving negative dog–cat interactions, receiving three pharmacological options: a single dose of cannabidiol, gabapentin, or ...
Fabiola Torres-Bernal   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Response to Two Standardized Exercise Tests in Dogs with Different Cephalic Biotypes

open access: yesVeterinary Sciences
Dogs are classified according to their total cephalic index into three biotypes: dolichocephalic, mesocephalic, and brachycephalic. The latter has emerged due to the deliberate selection of extreme phenotypic traits during breeding, which has intensified
Brenda Reyes-Sotelo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health-related quality of life among multimorbid patients using the EQ-5D-5L value set for India

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
Multimorbidity presents major challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. Assessing health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) in multimorbid patients is essential for understanding the overall impact of the patient’s health conditions on wellbeing and the ...
Krushna Chandra Sahoo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Welfare assessment of dairy cows housed in a tie-stall system

open access: yesMljekarstvo, 2012
Welfare assessment methods and techniques developed as a result of great interest of scientific and consumer populations regarding the welfare of animals housed in farms.
Marija Vučemilo   +4 more
doaj  

Self-directed behavior reflects social stress in captive Asian elephants

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science
Self-directed behaviors (SDBs), such as scratching, self-grooming, and body shaking, have been widely used as indicators of anxiety and social stress in non-human primates.
Sofia Vilela   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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