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Indicators of Horse Welfare: State-of-the-Art [PDF]
Animals, 2020 Animal welfare is defined as a chronic state reflecting an individual’s subjective perception of its situation. Because it is possible to be in a good welfare state and nevertheless experience acute fear or pain, and conversely, short-term positive
Clémence Lesimple
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Animal, 2018 This study was conducted within the context of the Animal Welfare Indicators (AWIN) project and the underlying scientific motivation for the development of the study was the scarcity of data regarding inter-observer reliability (IOR) of welfare ...
A. Vieira +4 more
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Selection of Animal Welfare Indicators for Primates in Rescue Centres Using the Delphi Method: Cebus albifrons as a Case Study [PDF]
AnimalsWildlife rescue centres face considerable challenges in promoting animal welfare and enhancing the care and housing conditions of animals under professional supervision.
Victoria Eugenia Pereira Bengoa +1 more
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Welfare Indicators in Tilapia: An Epidemiological Approach. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2022 Interest and concern about rearing methods and their impact on animal welfare have increased. Production evaluation is population-based, and animal welfare analysis should be similar. In fish, the most common welfare indicators are gill state, fin damage, and body condition.
Flores-García L +6 more
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Behavioural indicators of welfare in farmed fish [PDF]
Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2011 Behaviour represents a reaction to the environment as fish perceive it and is therefore a key element of fish welfare. This review summarises the main findings on how behavioural changes have been used to assess welfare in farmed fish, using both functional and feeling-based approaches.
Walter Zupa +2 more
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Animal-Based Indicators for On-Farm Welfare Assessment in Goats
Animals, 2021 This review describes the current state of knowledge relating to scientific literature on welfare indicators for goats. Our aim was to provide an overview of animal-based indicators for on-farm welfare assessments.
Adrian Minnig +8 more
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Optimising the selection of welfare indicators in farm animals [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionRisk assessment (RA) frameworks are increasingly being applied to improve the welfare of farmed animals. These frameworks have at their core, a logic chain linking welfare hazards (risks) with one or more welfare consequences which, in turn ...
Jon Day +6 more
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Harmonisation of welfare indicators for macaques and marmosets used or bred for research [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]
F1000Research, 2023 Background: Accurate assessment of the welfare of non-human primates (NHPs) used and bred for scientific purposes is essential for effective implementation of obligations to optimise their well-being, for validation of refinement techniques and novel ...
Mark J. Prescott +2 more
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A Review of Animal-Based Welfare Indicators for Calves and Cattle
RuminantsAs the human population continues to rise, so does the consumption of animal proteins and products. To meet this demand, animal agriculture has intensified.
Sierra Harris +2 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 The study combined the use of biometric, behavioral, physiological and external tissue damage scoring systems to better understand how high stocking densities drive schooling behavior and other adaptive features during the finishing growing phase of ...
Paul G. Holhorea +4 more
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