Animal welfare research is fascinating, ethical, and useful-but how can it be more rigorous?

The scientific study of animal welfare supports evidence-based good animal care, its research contributing to guidelines and policies, helping to solve practical problems caused by animal stress, and raising fascinating questions about animal sentience and affective states. However, as for many bran...

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Published in:BMC biology 2023-12, Vol.21 (1), p.302-4, Article 302
Main Author: Mason, Georgia J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect (Psychology)
Animal Welfare
Animals
Conferences
Ethics
Evidence-based medicine
Examinations
Hypothesis testing
Laboratory animals
Management
Methods
Poultry
Science
Validation studies
Validity
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Summary:The scientific study of animal welfare supports evidence-based good animal care, its research contributing to guidelines and policies, helping to solve practical problems caused by animal stress, and raising fascinating questions about animal sentience and affective states. However, as for many branches of science (e.g. all those with replicability problems), the research rigour of welfare science could be improved. So, hoping to inspire methodologies with greater internal, external, and construct validity, here I outline 10 relevant papers and provide potential "journal club" discussion topics.
ISSN:1741-7007
1741-7007
DOI:10.1186/s12915-023-01793-x