Table 1.
Percentage of different animal groups in recent publications of welfare-related journals.
| Phylum | Class | Species | JAAWS 1 | Anthrozoos | Animals | AAWS 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 261 | n = 129 | n = 526 | n = 224 | |||
| Chordata | Mammal | 5400 | 93 | 93 | 74 | 80 |
| Bird | 10,000 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | |
| Reptile | 10,000 | 3 | 2 | <1 | 0 | |
| Amphibian | 7000 | <1 | 1 | <1 | ||
| Fish | 20,000 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Arthropoda | Insect | 900,000 | 0 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| Spider | 35,000 | 0 | <1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Crustacea | 50,000 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 0 | |
| Mollusca | Gastropod | 35,000 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 0 |
| Cephalopod | 800 | 0 | <1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Echinoderm | 7000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Annelid | 9000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 JAAWS mean Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science; 2 AAWS means Applied Animal Welfare Science.