welfare assessment

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Pain
Aversive, sensory experience caused by actual/ potential injury that elicits protective motor/ vegetative resources resulting in avoidance behaviour. ZIMMERMAN 1986
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Body Condition Score
subjective, semi-quantitative method of assessing body fat & muscle BURKHOLDER 2000
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Abnormal Behaviour
Differing pattern, frequency or context from that shown by most species in conditions allowing a full range of behaviours. FRASER AND BROOM 1990
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Fear
emotional response to a perceived threat that acts as a motivator to aid in animal avoiding potential threat. WEBSTER 2005
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Quality of Life
state of an individual animal's life as perceived by them at any one pointing time
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Suffering
an unpleasant state of mind that disrupts the quality of life
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Welfare Definition
the welfare of an animal is its state regards its attempts to cope with its environment. BROOM 1986
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Stress
an environmental effect of an individual that over-taxes its control systems and reduces fitness BROOM 1983
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Frustration
an aversive motivational state that results in non-reward, reduced reward and delayed reward in the presence of a history reward. AMSEL 1992
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subjective, semi-quantitative method of assessing body fat & muscle BURKHOLDER 2000

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Differing pattern, frequency or context from that shown by most species in conditions allowing a full range of behaviours. FRASER AND BROOM 1990

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emotional response to a perceived threat that acts as a motivator to aid in animal avoiding potential threat. WEBSTER 2005

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