Welfare of animals: Introduction
Publication Type: |
Book Section |
Year of Publication: |
2010 |
Authors: |
B. V. Beaver |
Publication/Journal: |
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior |
Publisher: |
Academic Press |
Keywords: |
behavior, euthanasia, health, stress, welfare |
ISBN: |
978-0-08-045337-8 |
Abstract:
Animal welfare and animal behavior are tightly linked with behaviors commonly used as indicators of an animal’s welfare. Behaviors keep animals healthy and they indicate disease and distress. This introductory article, and those that follow in this section, points out a wide variety of connections between the two disciplines and notes differences between them as well.