Lecture 1 - Welfare Flashcards
What are the five freedom of animal welfare (Duty of care), checklist
Freedom from hunger and thirst Discomfort pain, injury and disease to express normal behaviour from fear and distress
What are the stages of industry involvement in animal welfare
Avoid mentioning the issue
Tell people that everything is good and they are working on it
Proactively address the market interest
What are the characteristics of emerging welfare issues
Confinement of animals
Surgical husbandry practices
Long distance transport of animals for economic reasons
Problem and diseases in duced by the production environment
What are the challenges in solving animal welfare issues
Differing ethical frameworks
Objective assessment of animal welfare
Need to research issues in a real context
Australia- rural/urban differences
Australia- different systems, scant(barely sufficient or adequate) evidence
What are the 3 current concepts for animal welfare
Checklists
Animal welfare as a biological state
Animal feelings
What is an example of checklist
Five freedoms Five obligations (NZ animal welfare)
What are the pros and cons of checklist
Pros:
Simple and straightforward
Rapid screening test
Cons:
Simplistic
What is the normal level
Severity when not normal
What is an example of biological state
Homeostatic mechanism act in response to stressors Adverse consequences for fitness if control mechanisms fails to cope
Allostatic load, the need for a certain stress but may cause problem when the stress becomes too severity
What is the most important component of its welfare
How is the animal feeling
What affects animal feelings
Animal sentience(ability to feel pain in environment etc)
Animal preference
Animal motivation
Animal behavioural demand
What is the FIVE obligation for animal welfare
Proper and sufficient food and water Adequate shelter The opportunity to display normal patterns of behaviour Appropriate physical handling Protection from, and rapid diagnosis of, injury and disease
