Animal welfare concerns the physical and mental well-being of animals and the ethical responsibility to ensure that they are treated humanely, kept in appropriate conditions, and protected from unnecessary suffering. In Veterinary Healthcare, animal welfare is a guiding principle, expressed through preventive and cu…
Animal welfare concerns the physical and mental well-being of animals and the ethical responsibility to ensure that they are treated humanely, kept in appropriate conditions, and protected from unnecessary suffering. In Veterinary Healthcare, animal welfare is a guiding principle, expressed through preventive and curative care, sound husbandry, the management of pain and disease, and attention to the living conditions and needs of both domesticated and wild animals. Promoting welfare involves regular health monitoring, appropriate nutrition and housing, disease control, and humane handling, supported by scientific understanding of animal health and behavior. Within Veterinary Healthcare research, work relevant to animal welfare spans the assessment of animal health, condition, and management practices. Research in this field has examined the body condition of horses in relation to the pastures they graze, a measure closely tied to animal welfare, and has investigated infectious disease and its diagnosis in livestock, such as the effects of coinfection on bovine tuberculosis testing, which bears on the health and management of farmed animals. Such studies contribute to the broader goal of safeguarding animal health and well-being. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research within the broad field of Veterinary Healthcare relevant to animal welfare.
6 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 6 articles above have been cited 8 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Animal Welfare, linking to each citing work.