Abstract
Animal well-being can be assessed in a variety of ways; in this chapter, we focus on physiological measures of welfare and review advantages and disadvantages of measures assessing hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal, sympathetic–adrenal–medullary, cardiovascular, and immune function. For each physiological system, measurement issues are discussed. Throughout the discussion, a distinction is made between assessing levels of a measure versus assessing regulation of the system. We argue that, because “well-being” reflects a persisting state or condition that one is in, measurement of an indicator of that state at one point in time (i.e., measurement of levels) may be of limited value. We propose that assessment of regulatory aspects of biological systems may be more congruent with the concept of well-being.
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Capitanio, J.P., Vandeleest, J., Hannibal, D.L. (2023). Physiological Measures of Welfare. In: Robinson, L.M., Weiss, A. (eds) Nonhuman Primate Welfare. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82708-3_10
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