The Use of the General Animal-Based Measures Codified Terms in the Scientific Literature on Farm Animal Welfare.

ABSTRACT: Background: The approach to farm animal welfare evaluation has changed and animal-based measures (ABM), defined as the responses of an animal or effects on an animal, were introduced to assess animal welfare. Animal-based measures can be taken directly on the animal or indirectly and include the use of animal records. They can result from a specific event or be the cumulative outcome of many days, weeks, or months. The objective of the current study was to analyze the use of general ABM codified terms in the scientific literature, the presence of their definitions, and the gap mapping of their use across animal species, categories, years of publication, and geographical areas of the corresponding author's institution. The ultimate aim was to propose a common standard terminology to

SUBMITTER: Brscic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8212950 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature