Welfare Metrics Applied

摘要: Zoo and aquarium specialists have a long history of modifying inputs such as exhibit design, space restrictions, feeding schedules, social housing conditions enrichment in an effort to improve animal welfare. Providing with preferred resources is important component ensuring welfare, but may not meet the goals all welfare interventions. Thus, it note difference measuring preference motivation implications findings from these different types tasks. animals are frequently moved new enclosures, or husbandry routines changed positive By systematically hormone levels before after change, conjunction other behavioral measures, we can unravel underlying hormonal changes associated The zoo community needs continue developing its own rigorous techniques for pointed out some substantial challenges this goal, potentially useful measures that specific zoos. research design often hindered by small sample size, one way overcome issue perform multi-institutional studies survey multiple institutions. Another tool scientists meta-analysis based on existing literature. As community, if run well designed publish our results, discover, test, export approaches assessing