Animal Wellfare Flashcards
(14 cards)
Definition of welfare/welbeing
State of complete wellbeing covering all aspects of physical, biological, mental and social health, not just a sense of infirmity
What is environment
- housing
- nutrition
- water
- interactive
What are the five freedoms
Freedom from
- hunger and thirst
- pain, injury and disease
- restrictions from natural behaviour
- disease and fear
- didcomfort
What has progressed in animal welfare
Concerns raised about intensive farming
1991 - first refined legislation
1990s - fight against live animal transportation
RSPCA
- Royal Society for Protection of Cruelty to Animals
- founded in 1824
- focussed on treatment of horses
Mixed agricultural act 1968
It sis an offence to cause unnecessary discomfort to any livestock on agricultural land
Under the mixed agricultural act 1968, ministers are authorised to
- make mandatory regulations on welfare matters
- issue codes of recommendation
- prohibit certain operations on animals
Welfare of animal regulations 2000 schedule 1
- inspection
- record keeping
- automatic equipment
Uk political stance on animal welfare
Ban on fox hunting and sow stalls
Stress definitions
Any deviation from normal physical, physiological and biological functions
Stress can impact
- wellbeing
- breeding and reproduction
- life style and validity
- nutrition and production
Observational ways to assess welfare
- behaviour
- production
- health
Physiological ways to assess welfare
- activity
- feed efficiency
- growth and development
- production
- early diagnosis
Monitoring animals diseases
- diagnose early and treat illness
- visual or electronic
