Assessing the 'whole animal': a free choice profiling approach

By F. Wemelsfelder, Tony Hunter, M. Mendl, A. Lawrence. 2001

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Subfields: Genetics, Small Animals, Social Psychology

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The Correlation of Qualitative Behavior Assessments with Welfare Quality® Protocol Outcomes in On-Farm Welfare Assessment of Dairy Cattle (2013, methodology): “QBA was in the first instance developed using a Free Choice Profiling (FCP) methodology that relies on larger groups of observers developing their own personal descriptors (Wemelsfelder et al., 2001).”
Resilience in farm animals: biology, management, breeding and implications for animal welfare (2016, background): “…behavioural assessment indicates that aspects of the animal’s demeanour are indicative of affective state (Wemelsfelder and Lawrence 2001; Wemelsfelder et al. 2001; Rousing and Wemelsfelder 2006; Brscic et al. 2009; Stockman et al. 2011, 2012; Napolitano et al. 2012; Rutherford et al.…”
On-Farm Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of Dairy Goats in Different Housing Conditions (2016, methodology): “Such descriptors have an emotional connotation, and can give information that is directly relevant to animal welfare, and complements the information provided by quantitative welfare indicators (Wemelsfelder et al., 2001).”
Qualitative behaviour assessment of dairy buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) (2012, background): “expressive, emotional connotation, and provide information that appears relevant to animal welfare and could be a useful addition to information obtained from quantitative indicators (Wemelsfelder, 1997; Wemelsfelder et al., 2001; Rutherford et al., 2012).”
Validity and feasibility of qualitative behavior assessment for the evaluation of Nellore cattle temperament (2013, background): “This result confirmed one of the advantages of the qualitative methods, derived from its integrative nature, which considers the animals “as a whole” (Wemelsfelder et al., 2001) and allow to discriminate individuals exhibiting positive expressions (e.”
Animal welfare with and without consciousness (2017, background): “…with what animals subjectively feel, initially with their ability to suffer and feel pain (Dawkins, 1990; Broom & Johnson, 1993; Broom, 1998; Wemelsfelder, 2001; Bateson, 2004a,b; Fraser, 2008) and more recently with their capacity to experience pleasure and more positive emotions (Boissy…”
The contribution of qualitative behavioural assessment to appraisal of livestock welfare (2016, methodology): “QBA assesses the whole animal (Wemelsfelder et al. 2001), and QBA scores are correlated with physiological condition and behaviour (references cited in Table 1).”
Observer ratings: validity and value as a tool for animal welfare research (2009, background): “Wemelsfelder’s argument in favour of Free Choice Profiling (FCP) for rating personality traits is that providing terms would ‘‘bias’’ observers, such that the ratings would not reflect their independent interpretations of the animal’s behaviour (Wemelsfelder, 2007; Wemelsfelder et al., 2001).”
Qualitative assessment of social behaviour of dairy cows housed in loose housing systems (2006, methodology): “Such assessments describe behaviour as a dynamic, expressive process; e.g. as ‘confident’, ‘nervous’, ‘calm’, or ‘excitable’ (Stevenson-Hinde, 1983; Feaver et al., 1986; Kessler and Turner, 1999; Wemelsfelder et al., 2000, 2001).”
Qualitative Behavioural Assessment and Quantitative Physiological Measurement of Cattle Naïve and Habituated to Road Transport (2011, methodology): “Qualitative behavioural assessment studies show that observers can reach significant agreement in their assessment of behavioural expression in pigs (Wemelsfelder et al. 2000, 2001), cattle (Rousing and Wemelsfelder 2006), horses (Napolitano et al. 2008; Minero et al. 2009), poultry (Wemelsfelder…”