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Editorial
Editorial: Animal Welfare Assessment: Edition 2
Frontiers in veterinary science, Vol.8(8), pp.1-2
11/08/2021
PMCID: PMC8385358
PMID: 34458361
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Abstract
Animal welfare is an important dimension of human-animal interaction in managed settings such as farms and zoos. This field of research can also be a powerful driver to continuously improve the traditional animal production systems to ensure that the animals are able to meet basic requirements of five freedoms (freedom from pain, injury and disease, freedom from fear and distress, freedom from discomfort, freedom to express normal behavior and freedom from hunger and thirst). The recently developed five domains model is also internationally recognized and it attempts to provide an understanding of the emotions of animals (affective state) in response to human interventions. Animal welfare legislation is a complex topic; however, consumer awareness associated with the methods of animal production, health and biosecurity risks increasingly demand stronger investment into research and innovation to continually improve animal welfare standards.
Details
- Title
- Editorial: Animal Welfare Assessment: Edition 2
- Creators
- Edward Narayan - University of QueenslandAlan G. McElligott - City University of Hong Kong
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in veterinary science, Vol.8(8), pp.1-2
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media
- Number of pages
- 2
- Identifiers
- 991013269209602368
- Copyright
- © 2021 Narayan and McElligott. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Editorial