Ny oversiktsartikkel om Fem domener modellen

David Mellor og hans kollegaer har over flere tiår utviklet Fem domener modellen for dyrevelferd.

Her er en helt ny oversiktsartikkel der forfatterne har samlet forskning for å kunne si noe om hvordan domene 1-4 har sammenheng med domene 5. Med andre ord, hvordan hestens omgivelser og levekår påvirker deres mentale / følelsesmessige tilstand.

Svært spennende arbeid, som dere finner i sin helhet her: Mental Experiences in Wild Animals: Scientifically Validating Measurable Welfare Indicators in Free-Roaming Horses

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/9/1507

«This review collates, for the first time, the scientific evidence validating a range of welfare indicators for several mental experiences in horses. Whilst fewer indicators are practically able to be assessed in wild free-roaming horses compared to captive domesticated horses, we have nevertheless demonstrated that indicators can be assessed and validated for a range of negative and positive mental experiences. The negative mental experiences validated here include thirst, hunger, heat and cold discomfort, localised pain, non-specific chronic pain/malaise/fatigue/exhaustion, weakness, breathlessness, social pain, anxiety, and fear. The positive mental experiences validated here include pleasures associated with drinking, mastication, post-prandial satiety, cooling and warming, vitality of fitness, exercising agency, and participating in affiliative social interactions. This also highlights that the study of free-roaming animals under optimal conditions provides opportunity for learning more about those behaviours that an animal finds pleasurable.»