Welfare assessment
8 important questions on Welfare assessment
What is the human-animal-relationship (HAR)?
- A mutual perception that develops and manifests in mutual behaviour
How do you assess HAR?
- Confidence in or attachment to - ease of handling / social support
- Reactions to stationary human
- Reactions to moving human
- Responses to actual handling
- Mixed motivations
Which tests can you use to test HAR and / or temperament?
2. Docility test
3. Fear test
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How does laterization work?
How is repetitive behaviour induced?
- repeated attempts to cope
- CNS dysfunction
Are stereotypies a good indication of welfare?
What is Qualitative Behaviour Assessmet (QBA)?
- Aims to integrate many pieces of information
- Focus on how it is done (not what is done)
What is the Free choice profiling (PCP) methology?
- Using different words and then seeing with statistics how much the observers have the same outcomes for behaviour of the animal that was found
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