one welfare and the vet profession

Question 1

what is one health

Answer 1

intra-disciplinary collaboration and communication regarding animal/human health and environmental management
- disease control and public safety
- established in 2007 as joint resolution between american medical association and the american vet medical association

Question 2

what are the 3 pillars that one welfare is based on

Answer 2

1) animal welfare
2) human wellbeing
3) environmental sustainability

Question 3

to qualify for adoption, any intervention or resolution must support :

Answer 3

all 3 pillars

Question 4

does ethical reasoning improve with experience

Answer 4

NO, education/ training is required

Question 5

social license to operate

Answer 5

community level of acceptance of certain practices and activities undertaken by an organization or industry

Question 6

animal welfare compliance can be summarized by 3 critical elements

Answer 6

1) ethics; how we should treat animals (community/ professional expectations)
2) legislation; how we must treat animals (legislative expectations)
3) science; impact of our actions on animals (clinical/scientific expectations)

Question 7

the resolution of any negative physical and/ or mental welfare states =

Answer 7

neutral state (not positive!)

Question 8

what perspective does the 5 domains give you

Answer 8

animals overall mental state at a moment in time (snapshot)

negative, neutral or positive

NOT quality of life

Question 9

quality of life

Answer 9

welfare OVERTIME

Question 10

avoiding, removing or mitigating adverse states/ compromise only gets animal to a

Answer 10

neutral welfare state

Question 11

welfare vs ethics

Answer 11

welfare; the state of body and mind and the extent to which their nature can be satisfied (animal centric) vs

ethics; what humans think welfare ought to be (anthropocentric)

animals sentience (individual worth) is recognized by both