Selected Multi-Species Related Issues in Animal Welfare (6)

Question 1

What are the selected common welfare issues across species?

Answer 1

1. housing issues
2. animal management and handling issues
3. implications of genetics for welfare

Question 2

What are the pros and cons of confinement housing?

Answer 2

pros: longer life span, less exposure to predators

cons: mostly relate to restricted movement and inability to display a full behavioral repertoire

Question 3

How should you deal with confinement housing?

Answer 3

Question 4

What is arguably the most important factor as to whether the animals get good or bad welfare?

Answer 4

management’s attitude

Question 5

Why are painful procedures performed on animals?

Answer 5

• medically indicated
• elective non-therapeutic reasons
• improve management of animals

Question 6

Animal welfare is determined by 2 major factors:

Answer 6

environment and genetics

Question 7

How are welfare problems associated with genetic changes to the phenotypes be serious?

Answer 7

Question 8

What are the five clinical consequences for selection for phenotype?

Answer 8

1. lagophthalmos
2. tear film deficiency
3. medial canthal entropion
4. pigmentary keratitis
5. ocular trauma

Question 9

Should veterinarians intervene to help pedigree dogs reproduce - apply the ethical matrix

Answer 9

Question 10

What is biotechnology?

Answer 10

“the controlled and deliberate manipulation of biological system (whether living cells or cell components) for the efficient manufacture or processing of useful products
- transgenics

Question 11

What are transgenics?

Answer 11

used as a genetically encoded fluorescent markers; enables multicolor labeling and is used in the study of interactions between proteins

Question 12

Why can transgenics be bad?

Answer 12

• number of excess animals required to establish a transgenic line

Question 13

What are the benefits to transgenics?

Answer 13