Animal welfare is increasingly important for the Australian livestock industries, to maintain
social licence to practice as well as ensuring market share overseas. Improvement of animal …

Simple Summary Animal welfare is a public good that is extremely important to stakeholders,
who can hold conflicting values and viewpoints, on what animal welfare is, and how a good …

This review explores barriers and opportunities for market-driven pig welfare in Europe. It
finds, first, that consumers generally rank animal welfare as important, but they also rank it …

Animal welfare must be considered from a broad perspective, including positive emotional
states. Qualitative behaviour assessment (QBA) is one of few scientific methods to assess …

Qualitative behavioural assessments (QBA) is an animal-based welfare measure that has
been included in several on-farm welfare assessment protocols, including the Welfare …

Simple Summary Qualitative behaviour assessment (QBA) is a whole-animal approach to
measuring animal welfare, based on observing the animal's body language and behaviour …

Qualitative methods of behavioural assessment use observer rating scales to score the
overall demeanour or body language of animals. Establishing the reliability of such holistic …

Background: Accurate assessment of the welfare of non-human primates (NHPs) used and
bred for scientific purposes is essential for effective implementation of obligations to optimise …

Qualitative Behaviour Assessment (QBA) is a welfare evaluation tool that uses a holistic
approach to capturing an animal's emotional state. Lists of QBA descriptors validated to …

Animal welfare is an inextricable part of livestock production and sustainability. Assessing
welfare, beyond physical indicators of health, is challenging and often relies on qualitative …