Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species

Animal welfare assessments are essential for the identification of welfare hazards and benchmarking of welfare improvements, though welfare assessments for zoo species are lacking. Bears are commonly housed in zoos but currently no composite welfare assessment tool exists for captive bears. This stu...

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Autores principales:	Chloe J. Maher, Angela Gibson, Laura M. Dixon, Heather Bacon
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	welfare assessment <i>Ursidae</i> animal welfare bear keeper ratings zoo animal welfare Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7e469cdeb4094d8895904fdd4f73d39b2021-11-25T16:14:58ZDeveloping a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species10.3390/ani111130902076-2615https://doaj.org/article/7e469cdeb4094d8895904fdd4f73d39b2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/11/3090https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615Animal welfare assessments are essential for the identification of welfare hazards and benchmarking of welfare improvements, though welfare assessments for zoo species are lacking. Bears are commonly housed in zoos but currently no composite welfare assessment tool exists for captive bears. This study describes the development of such a tool for use across hibernating bear species. A draft tool was developed using indicators derived from the literature and a modified Delphi analysis with an international group of bear keepers. A total of 18 bear keepers from 12 zoos were recruited to trial the tool on 24 brown bears and American black bears. The participating keepers assessed their bears three times across a period of nine days. Intraclass correlation coefficients analysis was used to analyse inter-, intra-rater and item reliability. The inter- and intra-rater reliability showed good to excellent levels of agreement (>0.7, <i>p</i> < 0.05). Item reliability was also assessed and showed good to excellent levels of agreement (>0.75, <i>p</i> < 0.05). The resulting bear welfare assessment is an important step in identifying and understanding challenges to bear welfare in captivity.Chloe J. MaherAngela GibsonLaura M. DixonHeather BaconMDPI AGarticlewelfare assessment<i>Ursidae</i>animal welfarebearkeeper ratingszoo animal welfareVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ZoologyQL1-991ENAnimals, Vol 11, Iss 3090, p 3090 (2021)
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spellingShingle	welfare assessment <i>Ursidae</i> animal welfare bear keeper ratings zoo animal welfare Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991 Chloe J. Maher Angela Gibson Laura M. Dixon Heather Bacon Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
description	Animal welfare assessments are essential for the identification of welfare hazards and benchmarking of welfare improvements, though welfare assessments for zoo species are lacking. Bears are commonly housed in zoos but currently no composite welfare assessment tool exists for captive bears. This study describes the development of such a tool for use across hibernating bear species. A draft tool was developed using indicators derived from the literature and a modified Delphi analysis with an international group of bear keepers. A total of 18 bear keepers from 12 zoos were recruited to trial the tool on 24 brown bears and American black bears. The participating keepers assessed their bears three times across a period of nine days. Intraclass correlation coefficients analysis was used to analyse inter-, intra-rater and item reliability. The inter- and intra-rater reliability showed good to excellent levels of agreement (>0.7, <i>p</i> < 0.05). Item reliability was also assessed and showed good to excellent levels of agreement (>0.75, <i>p</i> < 0.05). The resulting bear welfare assessment is an important step in identifying and understanding challenges to bear welfare in captivity.
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title	Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
title_short	Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
title_full	Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
title_fullStr	Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
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Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species

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