Simple Summary This review outlines the latest in a succession of updates of the Five
Domains Model, which, at each stage, incorporated contemporary verified scientific thinking�…

The body condition score (BCS) of a dairy cow is an assessment of the proportion of body fat
that it possesses, and it is recognized by animal scientists and producers as being an�…

In the years since publication of the first edition of this book, the field of HAS has exploded.
There are now more courses offered at more colleges and universities than ever before�…

Simple Summary The Five Freedoms were formulated in the early 1990s and are now well
recognised as highly influential in the animal welfare arena. However, a marked increase in�…

Contemporary animal welfare thinking is increasingly emphasising the promotion of positive
states. There is a need for existing assessment frameworks to accommodate this shift in�…

In debates about the welfare of animals, different people have tended to emphasize different
concerns. Some emphasize the basic health and functioning of animals, especially freedom�…

Outlining the core principles of the subject, this introductory-level textbook covers the
production of meat, its structure and chemical composition, meat quality and hygiene, and�…

The AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2013 Edition (“work”) is licensed under
the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (http�…

A seminal exploration of animal emotion, sentience, and cognition, revised and expanded to
incorporate a surge of new science When award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff penned the�…

Blood analyses provide substantial information about the physiological aspects of animal
welfare assessment, including the activation status of the neuroendocrine and immune�…