Results 11 to 20 of about 5,219,161 (296)
Ruminant Welfare Assessment [PDF]
AnimalsAnimal welfare studies are among the key areas of research contributing to the development of knowledge in the life sciences [...]
Marek Gaworski
doaj +4 more sources
Improving welfare assessment in aquaculture. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2023 While global aquaculture is rapidly expanding, there remains little attention given to the assessment of animal welfare within aquacultural systems. It is crucial that animal welfare concerns are central in the development and implementation of aquaculture as if they are not prioritized early on, it becomes much more difficult to adapt in future.
Browning H.
europepmc +7 more sources
Assessment of the Welfare of Experimental Cattle and Pigs Using the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid [PDF]
Animals, 2021 The Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG) is a method for assessing quality of life, originally designed for experimental primates. This study adapts the AWAG for use in cattle and pigs, by adapting the factors included for these species and including data which had been collected previously as the standard approach to monitoring these species in ...
Molly Ryan +2 more
openaire +6 more sources
Animals, 2020 The assessment of animal welfare poses numerous challenges, yet an emerging approach is the consolidation of existing knowledge into new frameworks which can offer standardised approaches to welfare assessment across a variety of contexts. Multiple tools
Zoe Raw +12 more
doaj +2 more sources
AI for One Welfare: the role of animal welfare scientists in developing valid and ethical AI-based welfare assessment tools [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceThe increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in livestock farming is accelerating the development of automated welfare assessment tools, particularly with advancement in generative AI such as large multimodal models (LMMs).
Borbala Foris +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Using the Welfare Quality® framework to develop a welfare assessment protocol for captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) [PDF]
Animal WelfareGood welfare is of inherent value to all captive animals and promotes species conservation objectives. Concern for animal welfare is growing globally, and research shows that animal welfare is a top priority for zoo visitors.
Niamh Mc Gill +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
Nociceptive pain and anxiety in equines: Physiological and behavioral alterations [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2021 Pain and anxiety are two of the most important concerns in clinical veterinary medicine because they arise as consequences of multiple factors that can severely affect animal welfare.
I. Hernández-Avalos +8 more
doaj +1 more source
Anthropomorphism and Its Adverse Effects on the Distress and Welfare of Companion Animals
Animals, 2021 Anthropomorphic practices are increasing worldwide. Anthropomorphism is defined as the tendency to attribute human forms, behaviors, and emotions to non-human animals or objects. Anthropomorphism is particularly relevant for companion animals.
Daniel Mota-Rojas +10 more
doaj +1 more source
Animals, 2023 Euthanasia is commonly performed in veterinary medicine to humanely induce the death of an animal when its quality of life is affected by pain or chronic degenerative diseases.
Daniel Mota-Rojas +4 more
doaj +1 more source
The Role of Oxytocin in Domestic Animal’s Maternal Care: Parturition, Bonding, and Lactation
Animals, 2023 Oxytocin (OXT) is one of the essential hormones in the birth process; however, estradiol, prolactin, cortisol, relaxin, connexin, and prostaglandin are also present.
Daniel Mota-Rojas +7 more
doaj +1 more source