Can positive welfare counterbalance negative and can net welfare be assessed?

The absence of poor welfare is important for welfare to be good, but measures of good welfare are of great value in welfare assessment. Assessors of the welfare of individuals need to know the overall balance of good and poor. Direct behavioural measures and measures of physiology, such as oxytocin...

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Main Author: Donald M. Broom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Animal Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2023.1101957/full