Final Flashcards
5 domains
health
nutrition
environment
behavior
mentation
5 freedoms
freedom from hunger & thirst
freedom from fear & distress
freedom from discomfort
freedom from pain, injury or disease
freedom to express normal behavior
when were the 5 freedoms created
1965
what are the three orientations
biological functioning
affective states
natural living
what is allostatic load
quantify chronic stress that accumulates over the lifespan
neuroendocrine, metabolic, cardiovascular and immune biomarkers
what are resource based parameters
environment - diet, housing
animal - genetics, age, sex
veterinary care
training
what are appearance based parameters
health
production
physiology
behavior
which parameter is the most objective
resource-based
when should you use a population assessment
wild animals
lab animals
production animals
what defines “when the balance of salient positive and negative experiences is strongly positive”
good quality of life
how are animal welfare and quality of life similar
+ & - contributions overall
dynamic
does eliminating negative experiences guarantee a good QOL
NO
what are the 4 vital signs
temperature
pulse
respiratory rate
pain
how can you quantify pain?
grimace scale - facial expressions
what are the two most basic primitive and unremitting of all motivating forces
hunger and thirst
need to have them but not prolonged or overstressed
what are stereotypies
provide examples
pigs?
baboons?
horses?
cattle?
cats?
dogs?
measure of long term stress - coping mechanism for species under human care (not wild)
bar biting/tail biting in pigs
hair pulling in baboons
cribbing/waving/stall walk in horses
tongue rolling in cattle
abdominal barbering in cats
circling, light fixations and acral lick dermatitis in dogs
what causes disease behavior
pro-inflam cytokines acting on the brain
components of disease behavior
fever, depression, lethargy, inappetance, thirst
examples of social species
dogs, cats, horses, cattle, pigs
when should dogs be socialized
3-12 weeks
when should cats be socialized
3-9 weeks
when should pigs be socialized
2-3 weeks
when should horses/cattle be socialized
1 week of age
what is a social (reactive distance)
distances at which an animal reacts to being approached