Discussion: The Economics of Animal Welfare

I-17: Recent Developments in Animal Welfare Sciencee

The methodology for the scientific assessment of animal welfare has developed rapidly in recent years and has become a major scientific discipline. The concepts of welfare, need, stress, health, pain, emotion and feeling are now clarified. In teaching, legislation and practical work referring to animal welfare, a clear definition that can be related to other concepts is needed. The welfare of a...

Investigating the Shocks of Real Sectors of the Economy on the Welfare Index in the Iranian Economy

The vector auto regression model was used to investigate the effect of real sector shocks on the social welfare in Iran during the period of 1980-2019.The results of the impulse response test showed that the Amartya Sen welfare index showed a rapid response to the shocks of total factor productivity growth in the first period, which had a zero effect over time. The utility-oriented welfare inde...

Investigating the Shocks of Real Sectors of the Economy on the Welfare Index in the Iranian Economy

The vector auto regression model was used to investigate the effect of real sector shocks on the social welfare in Iran during the period of 1980-2019.The results of the impulse response test showed that the Amartya Sen welfare index showed a rapid response to the shocks of total factor productivity growth in the first period, which had a zero effect over time. The utility-oriented welfare inde...

ANIMAL WELFARE , ECONOMICS AND POLICY Report on a study undertaken for the Farm & Animal Health Economics Division of Defra

Panel discussion three: addressing animal welfare in emergency response planning.

Panel Discussion Three: Addressing Animal Welfare in Emergency Response Planning Suzanne T. Millman a , Tina M. Widowski b & Elizabeth Stone c a Department of Population Medicine , University of Guelph , Ontario, Canada b Department of Animal & Poultry Science , University of Guelph , Ontario, Canada c Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph , Ontario, Canada Published online: 06 Jun 2...