Date: September 18, 2017
Source: University of Surrey
The
wellbeing of zoological animals is set to improve following the successful
trial of a new welfare assessment grid, a new study in the
journal Veterinary Record reports.
Researchers
from Marwell Zoo, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and the School of Veterinary
Medicine at the University of Surrey, trialled a series of monitoring
strategies on primates and birds to help zookeepers ensure the health and
safety of animals in their care. The introduction of the practice over a period
of 13 weeks at two zoological collections in the South of England, clearly
demonstrated the level of physical and psychological wellbeing of the animals,
and the effect of certain interventions.
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