Innovative Methods for Assessing the Welfare of Domestic Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2022) | Viewed by 5496
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal welfare; affective states; animal behaviour; animal welfare indicators; animal welfare policy
Interests: animal welfare; affective states; animal behaviour; animal welfare indicators; animal welfare policy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Globally, there are billions of domestic animals being raised for food production, kept as pets or for research, testing and teaching, used in sporting events or other types of entertainment, or in other systems where they are dependent on human management. As you know, interest in how the welfare of these animals can be better understood and protected has significantly increased in recent years and is continuing to do so. As this interest increases, interest in finding innovate and scientifically robust methods for assessing animal welfare continues.
There are several challenges associated with assessing animal welfare, including the invasive nature of some measures and techniques we use and the differences in physiological and behavioural thresholds to wild counterparts or between different breeds. In addition, animal welfare assessment is inherently an activity of indirect measurement that often requires significant time and resources impractical for use in many scenarios. Therefore, there is an ongoing need for innovative methods for assessing the welfare of domestic animals that are practical to use and adaptable to many species in a range of scenarios, using novel measures of welfare and emerging technology.
This Special Issue will focus on recent research or reviews that investigate innovative approaches and/or technologies used to assess the welfare of domestic animals.
Dr. Mairi Stewart
Dr. Hannah Larsen
Dr. Gemma Lowe
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- animal welfare
- animal welfare methods
- animal welfare indicators
- animal welfare technologies
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