4. Animal Welfare - The Costs, Benefits and Ethics Flashcards
What are four behavioural indicators of poor welfare?
Stereotypy
Misdirected Behaviour
Failure in sexual or parental behaviour
Altered levels of activity
What is stereotypy?
Repetitive nature showing no variation
What is misdirected behaviour?
Normal behaviour directed towards themselves, others or their surroundings in an inappropriate way
What is failure in sexual or parental behaviour?
Sexually promiscuous animals or animals that are unable to become good parents
What is altered levels of activity?
Displaying very high or low levels of activity
What is an ethogram?
A list of all observed behaviours
What can ethograms be used to identify?
Abnormal behaviours and poor living conditions
What does a comparison of ethograms of domesticated animals in natural or semi-natural settings allow?
Hypotheses on behaviour to be formulated
What are two other tests to observe an animal’s welfare?
Preference tests and measures of motivation
What is a preference test?
an animal is put in the centre of a radial maze holding several types of food. The change in mass of each quantity can be measured to establish if the organism demonstrates ‘preference’ for a particular grain
