Mental Experiences in Wild Animals: Scientifically Validating Measurable Welfare Indicators in Free-Roaming Horses

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dc.citation.issue9
dc.citation.volume13
dc.contributor.authorHarvey AM
dc.contributor.authorBeausoleil NJ
dc.contributor.authorRamp D
dc.contributor.authorMellor DJ
dc.contributor.editorPadalino B
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T01:31:44Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T01:31:44Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-28
dc.description.abstractThe mental experiences of animals are what characterises their welfare status. The Five Domains Model for assessing welfare aligns with the understanding that physical and mental states are linked. Following measurement of indicators within each of the four physical/functional Domains (1. Nutrition; 2. Physical environment; 3. Health; and 4. Behavioural interactions), the anticipated negative or positive affective consequences (mental experiences) are cautiously inferred and assigned to Domain 5. Those inferences derive credibility from validated knowledge of the underlying systems of physiology, neurophysiology, neuroethology and affective neuroscience. Any indicators used for assessing welfare need to be scientifically validated. This requires, firstly, evidence of the links between a measurable/observable indicator and the physical/functional impact (in Domains 1 to 4), and secondly, a demonstrable relationship between the physical/functional impact and the mental experience it is inferred the indicators reflect (in Domain five). This review refers to indicators of physical/functional states in Domains 1 to 4, which have been shown to be measurable in free-roaming wild horses, and then evaluates the scientific evidence linking them to inferred mental experiences in Domain 5. This is the first time that the scientific evidence validating a comprehensive range of welfare indicators has been synthesised in this way. Inserting these indicators into the Five Domains Model enables transparently justifiable assessment and grading of welfare status in free-roaming horses.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.edition.editionMay-1 2023
dc.format.pagination1507-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37174544
dc.identifier.citationHarvey AM, Beausoleil NJ, Ramp D, Mellor DJ. (2023). Mental Experiences in Wild Animals: Scientifically Validating Measurable Welfare Indicators in Free-Roaming Horses.. Animals (Basel). 13. 9. (pp. 1507-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ani13091507
dc.identifier.eissn2076-2615
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615
dc.identifier.number1507
dc.identifier.piiani13091507
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69687
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/9/1507
dc.relation.isPartOfAnimals (Basel)
dc.rights(c) The author/sen
dc.rights.licenseCC BYen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectFive Domains Model
dc.subjectaffective state
dc.subjectfree-roaming horse
dc.subjecthorse
dc.subjectmental experience
dc.subjectscientific support
dc.subjectvalidation
dc.subjectwelfare assessment
dc.subjectwelfare indicators
dc.subjectwild animal
dc.subjectwild horse
dc.subjectwildlife
dc.titleMental Experiences in Wild Animals: Scientifically Validating Measurable Welfare Indicators in Free-Roaming Horses
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id461681
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