Animal category: All animals

Glucocorticoids in relation to behavior, morphology, and physiology as proxy indicators for the assessment of animal welfare. A systematic mapping review

Inga Tiemann, Lisa B. Fijn, Marc Bagaria, Esther M. A. Langen, F. Josef van der Staa3, Saskia S. Arndt, Cathalijn Leenaars, Vivian C. Goerlich

Published in 2023

A systematic review of the literature to determine whether glucocorticoid levels are a relevant indicator of animal welfare. It found that interventions that supposedly affect glucocorticoid levels do not always do so, and when they do, the changes in level are not always accompanied by changes in the associated welfare endpoints of behavior, morphology and physiology.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators, Stress

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Monitoring animal welfare standards

World Organisation for Animal Health

Published in 2023

Presentation of the section of the annual report of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) dedicated to adoption levels  of its animal welfare standards in its member countries. These standards address the welfare of land and aquatic animals on the farm, during transport, at slaughter, in research and on specific topics such as the management of stray dogs.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:All subjects

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Epigenetic biomarkers for animal welfare monitoring

Rose Whelan, Sina Tönges, Florian Böhl, Frank Lyko

Published in 2023

Scientific review describing animal DNA methylation patterns and methods for their analysis, an overview of the molecular and biological basis for the development of epigenetic biomarkers in veterinary science, and their potential use in animal welfare monitoring.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Welfare indicators

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Bien-être animal… parlons plutôt du bien-être des animaux

Pierre Mormède, Alain Boissy, Pierre Le Neindre

Published in 2022

Article reviewing the history of animal welfare definitions since the 1960s, and supporting the idea that it relates to individuals and is based on an animal's feelings and experiences.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Adaptation of the environment to the animal , Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships, Breeding and rearing systems

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Editorial: Emotions and emotional interplay within and between species: A "one welfare" perspective

Paolo Baragli, Jenny Yngvesson, Claudio Gentili, Antonio Lanata

Published in 2022

Editorial, summarizing the definition of emotions, their different components (physiological, behavioral and subjective, related to the feeling and experience of the individual), the importance of social interactions in the emergence and modulation of emotions, new methods for studying animal emotions and future research.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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Entre contrainte et ressource : la régionalisation du Bien-être animal comme opportunité politique

Adeline Deting

Published in 2022

Scientific review examining the influence of the Belgian political context on the activity of the animalist movement in that country, through the lens of two major political events: the 1986 creation and subsequent development of the Animal Welfare Council and the devolution of responsibility for animal welfare to the country's regions in 2014.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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St. Martin's Act at 200 - Reflecting on the First Animal Welfare Law

Kim Stallwood, Martine Rowe

Published in 2022

Article recalling the actions of British parliamentarian Richard Martin, who passed the world's first democratic animal welfare law in 1822, and reviewing the progress and limitations of animal welfare legislation to date, along with the challenges to come.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Societal issues, Human-animal relationships

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The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human-Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare

David J. Mellor, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Katherine E. Littlewood , Andrew N. McLean, Paul D. McGreevy, Bidda Jones, Cristina Wilkins

Published in 2020

Scientific review on the concept of the 5 domains. The first 3 domains (food, physical environment and health) concern factors that can affect an organism's internal stability, and lead to so-called "survival-critical" affects, resulting in genetically-integrated behavioral responses. The 4th domain (behavioral interactions), generates "situation-related" affects, resulting in conscious behavioral choices. All of these contribute to the 5th domain, ie the mental state of the animals.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords: Animal-based measurements,Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal welfare indicators, Human-animal relationships

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Measuring emotional processes in animals: the utility of a cognitive approach

Elizabeth S. Paul, Emma J. Harding, Michael Mendl

Published in 2005

Scientific review of emotions in animals, and how to measure them, in particular cognitive and subjective aspects (positive and negative)

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Animal-based measurements, Memory, Human-animal relationships

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