TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mattiello, Silvana
AB  - Comfort during resting, half-closed eyes when feeding on highly palatable feed, or vigorous tail wagging when being brushed are some of the positive indicators that can be used to evaluate the quality of the environment in which domestic animals live. This has been a radical shift from the past as, until now, the welfare assessment on farms has meant assessing negative indicators, namely the number of lame animals, presence of lesions, or frequency of agonistic behaviours. However, the latest research confirms that the absence of a problem or of suffering does not necessarily imply that the animals are experiencing a good life and that their level of welfare is high. To guarantee high welfare standards, animals should experience positive conditions that allow them to live a “life worth living”, and positive indicators are needed to identify these conditions. This Special Issue focuses on the development and validation of indicators of positive welfare or on the refinement of the existing ones, as well as on the identification of suitable living conditions for providing positive welfare to farmed and companion animals.
DO  - 10.3390/books978-3-03928-533-4
ID  - OAPEN ID: 46015
KW  - positive indicators
KW  - animal welfare
KW  - term list
KW  - recognition
KW  - welfare
KW  - Felis catus
KW  - enrichment
KW  - pigs
KW  - free-farrowing
KW  - contact
KW  - circadian rhythm
KW  - dairy cows
KW  - sow
KW  - qualitative research
KW  - positive emotions
KW  - ear posture
KW  - emotions
KW  - welfare assessment protocol
KW  - valence
KW  - cattle
KW  - phonetics
KW  - maternal care
KW  - buffaloes
KW  - mother–offspring
KW  - positive animal welfare indicators
KW  - quality of life
KW  - qualitative behaviour assessment (QBA)
KW  - farm size
KW  - arousal
KW  - free elicitation narrative interviewing
KW  - emotional state
KW  - housing
KW  - ruminants
KW  - farmer knowledge
KW  - happiness
KW  - nosing
KW  - five domains
KW  - piglet
KW  - sheep
KW  - organic
KW  - cat behavior
KW  - observer reliability
KW  - eye white
KW  - goats
KW  - immunoglobulin A
KW  - critical review
KW  - positive animal welfare
KW  - calves
KW  - saliva
KW  - farmer attitudes
KW  - behaviour
KW  - positive welfare
KW  - positive affective engagement
L1  - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2190
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/56700
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
PY  - 2020
SN  - 9783039285334
SN  - 9783039285327
TI  - Positive Aspects of Animal Welfarenull
ER  - 
