Domain 1: Nutrition |
Access to water in livestock, pets, working animals, etc.: |
Water freely available: |
12-h interruption in water supply, cold weather: |
24-h interruption in water supply; hot weather: |
Within-group competition for limited water long term: |
Water not available (supply failure, drought): |
Availability; inferred thirst |
No to very low-level thirst |
Low-level thirst |
Moderate thirst |
Severe thirst |
Extreme thirst |
Feeding level in sheep: |
Good-level and stable body condition (3/5): |
Mid-level and stable body condition (2.5/5): |
Mid-level body condition (2.5/5), slowly decreasing: |
Rapidly decreasing or low-level body condition (1.5/5): |
Very low body condition (0.5/5)—emaciated: |
Body condition score; inferred hunger |
No to very low-level hunger |
Low-level hunger |
Moderate hunger |
Severe hunger |
Extreme hunger |
Domain 2: Environment |
Heat load in sheep: Panting; inferred hyperthermic distress |
Ambient conditions thermoneutral: |
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High radiant load, temperature, humidity: |
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Extreme radiant load, temperature, humidity: |
No panting |
Closed mouth panting |
Open mouth panting |
No hyperthermic distress |
Mild to moderate distress |
Very severe distress |
Air quality in housed pigs: NH4 levels; inferred eye and nasal irritation |
Good ventilation, fresh air: No eye/nasal irritation |
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Ventilation poor: |
Ventilation very poor: |
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NH4 10–15 ppm |
NH4 greater than 25 ppm |
Mild eye/nasal irritation |
Marked eye/nasal irritation |
Domain 3: Health |
Amputation dehorning in calves: |
Nerve blockade plus systemic analgesic: |
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Nerve blockade alone or systemic analgesic alone: |
No pain relief: |
Acute cortisol stress response; inferred pain |
Complete pain relief |
Partial pain relief |
Very low stress response |
Moderate to marked stress response |
Very marked stress response |
Little or no acute pain |
Moderate to marked acute pain |
Very marked acute pain |
Impeded breathing in dogs: Exercise intolerance; inferred breathlessness |
Normal or long-nosed: |
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Moderately snub-nosed: |
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Severely snub-nosed: |
Exercise tolerant, breathing normal |
Brief exercise bouts ended by laboured breathing |
Laboured breathing at rest, totally exercise intolerant |
No breathlessness |
Moderate breathlessness |
Very severe breathlessness |
Toxicity testing in pest and laboratory animals: |
Non-toxic substances: |
Low toxicity substances: |
Mildly toxic substances: |
Markedly toxic substances: |
Highly toxic substances: |
Untoward organ-specific clinical signs; various affects |
No untoward clinical signs |
Minor/short lived clinical signs, then recovery |
Moderate/short lived or minor/longer lived clinical signs, then recovery |
Marked/short lived or moderate/longer lived clinical signs, then recovery |
Extreme clinical signs, followed by death while conscious |
Domain 4: Behaviour |
Tethering/caging of dogs: |
Not tethered/caged: |
Tethered/caged 25% of the time: |
Tethered/caged 50% of the time: |
Tethered/caged 75% of the time: |
Tethered/caged 100% of the time: |
Exercise limitation; inferred boredom/depression |
Exercise not limited |
Some boredom/depression |
Medium boredom/depression |
Marked boredom/depression |
Severe boredom/depression |
No boredom/depression |
Handling livestock: |
Calm, tamed, trained and fully compliant animals: |
Feedlot animals with regular human contact: |
Paddock animals with some human contact: |
Range animals with little prior human contact: |
Feral/wild animals with no prior human contact: |
Prior contact; restraint level; induced cortisol stress response; inferred fear |
Gentle handling |
Need light restraint |
Need firm restraint |
Need strong restraint |
Need very strong restraint |
No response and fear |
Low response and fear |
Moderate response and fear |
Marked response and fear |
Extreme response and fear |