Dr. Harlander Flashcards

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What is the difference in cats

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Indoor cats: viewed more regularly, problems reported later
Outdoor cats: viewed infrequently, problems addressed right away
These cats have the same welfare the only difference is on human care.

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The 3 elements of animal welfare debate?

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  1. Science: the effects of humans on the animal from the animal’s perspective
  2. Ethics: the humans action towards the animal
  3. Laws (or Codes of Practice): result of science and ethics dictating how humans must treat animals
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What is the difference between a conventional and an enriched cage?

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An enriched cage has enrichment, entertainment fro the animal. Ball, chains, hay to nest with, etc…

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What is the difference between free run and free range?

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Free run: larger space but no access to outside

Free range: access to the outside

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Where are chicken ancestors from?

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Jungle in Asia

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What are the 3 criteria for animal welfare?

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  1. Physical
  2. Mental
  3. Natural
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What areas were included in the Family Pen System for Pig Production?

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  • Manure area
  • Rooting area
  • Activity area
  • Nesting area
  • Individual sow feeding stalls
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How do gestation stalls affect welfare?

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Natural: no room for oral or social behavior
Physical: no room to move, ulcers, bar biting injuries
Mental: Little control over environment, frustration, pain, apathy

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Physical as a criteria for animal welfare includes

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ensure good physical health, condition, and functioning of animals

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Mental as a criteria for animal welfare includes

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minimize unpleasant “affective states” (pain, fear, ect…) and allow animals normal pleasures

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Natural as a criteria for animal welfare includes

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species-specific behavior and behavior that they are motivated to perform

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What are the 5 freedoms?

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  1. Freedom from HUNGER AND THIRST
  2. Freedom from DISCOMFORT
  3. Freedom from PAIN, INJURY AND DISEASE
  4. Freedom from FEAR AND DISTRESS
  5. Freedom to EXPRESS NORMAL BEHAVIOR
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Affective State

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In pain or distress

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Emotions

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a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one’s circumstances, mood, or relationships with others

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Sensory pleasure

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Pleasures that apply to the senses; eating, petting, ect

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Pleasure

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a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment

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Mood

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a temporary state of mind or feeling

18
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Suffering

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the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship

19
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What is the difference between pleasure and emotion?

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Emotions do not need a stimulus whereas pleasure requires a stimulus

20
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What is the welfare concern with death?

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Death is not a welfare concern but an inhumane death IS a welfare concern

21
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What is the main difference between using live traps and snap traps for rats according to animal welfare?

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How often the traps are checked

22
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What is critical anthropomorphism?

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a perspective in the study of animal behavior that encompasses using the sentience of the observer to generate hypotheses in light of scientific knowledge of the species, its perceptual world, and ecological and evolutionary history.

23
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Self-consciousness

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subject awareness of itself

24
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Phenomenal consciousness

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  • sentience

- what is it like to see a colour or hear a sound?

25
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What are the 3 welfare outputs?

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  1. behavior
  2. physiology
  3. clinical health; production
26
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What are the 4 areas of study fro behavior?

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  1. Function
  2. Causation
  3. Ontogeny
  4. Evolution
27
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What are the 4 quantitative behavioral assessments?

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  1. Frequency
  2. Duration
  3. Latency
  4. Number of animals showing a behavior
28
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What is the difference between inelastic demand and elastic demand

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Inelastic demand: willing to sacrifice more (more motivated, ie food)
Elastic demand: not willing to sacrifice as much

29
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Allostasis

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maintaining homeostasis

30
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What are the 3 physiological pathways?

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  1. Neural axes: stress response via neural innervation of target organs
    - sympathetic nervous system
    - parasympathetic activation
    - neuromuscular
  2. Neuroendocrine: fight-or-flight response
  3. Endocrine axis: most chronic aspects of the stress response, greater intensity to activate
31
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Glucocorticoids

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The main glucocorticoids involved in regulation of stress responses is species specific

32
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What is disease?

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any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of any part, organ, or system, of the body. Shown by symptoms.

33
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What are the 10 behaviors that can be exhibited when an animal is sick?

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  1. anorexia
  2. adipsia
  3. lethargy
  4. anhedonia
  5. hyperalgesia
  6. social withdrawal
  7. reduced grooming
  8. increased slow-wave sleep
  9. impaired learning/memory
  10. decreased libito
34
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what is welfare input?

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resource based measures

35
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What is welfare output?

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outcome-based measures

36
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what are the 3 welfare input categories?

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  1. Management/caretaker
  2. environmental, housing, food, ect
  3. animal genetic, early life experience