Welfare Assessment & 5 Freedoms

Question 1

FIVE FREEDOMS

Answer 1

Freedom from hunger and thirst
Freedom from discomfort
Freedom from pain, injury, and disease
Freedom from fear and distress
Freedom to express normal behaviour

Question 2

Mainlly positive experiences and emotions

Answer 2

A good life
Good welfare

Question 3

Minimal suffering

Answer 3

A life worth living
Adequate welfare

Question 4

All suffering

Answer 4

A life not worth living
Poor welfare

Question 5

Most farming systems restrict _____

Answer 5

Normal behavior

Question 6

Steady, internal state that is necessary for the basic processes of life

Answer 6

Homeostasis (same state)

Question 7

Maintaining stability through change

Answer 7

Allostasis (other state)

Question 8

the body’s ability to maintain stability (homeostasis) through adaptive changes in response to perceived or actual stressors, essentially “stability through change”

Answer 8

Allostasis (other state)

Question 9

Limitations as assessment tool but useful framework for investigating animals’ experience of their lives

Answer 9

Five freedoms

Question 10

Keeping animals free from disease can cause them =

Answer 10

Fear and distress from handling during treatment

Question 11

If animals have freedom to express normal behavior, =

Answer 11

They can suffer fear and distress during normal social interactions