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. 2021 May 19;11(5):1459. doi: 10.3390/ani11051459

Table 1.

Broom’s [21] five factors illustrating where control, or lack of it, may impact animal welfare.

Factor Description
1. Difficulties in movements Environment features that restrict ability to move normally or adopt normal postures or positions.
2. Frustration Animals knowing how to exercise controlled interactions with their environment, but being thwarted from performing them in a normal way.
3. Absence of specific input Absence of essential stimuli.
4. Insufficient stimulation Thwarted innate psychological and behavioral needs for stimuli in a low complexity environment—or sensory deprivation.
5. Overstimulation Overload of stimuli.