Animal welfare

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000395",
  "term": "Animal welfare",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The protection of animals in laboratories or other specific environments by promoting their health through nutrition, housing, care, climate, mental stimulation, and freedom from pain and suffering, disease, and disability.",
  "synonyms": [
    "animal abuse",
    "animal cruelty",
    "animal rights",
    "anti-cruelty law (animals)",
    "anticruelty law (animals)",
    "cruelty to animals",
    "humane treatment of animals"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "stunning methods",
    "vivisection",
    "cultured meat",
    "veterinary services",
    "validation of alternative methods",
    "feeding enrichment",
    "cellular agriculture",
    "animal ethics",
    "animal production",
    "animal preferences",
    "animal experimentation",
    "animal husbandry",
    "environmental enrichment",
    "animal health",
    "human-animal relations",
    "animal control services",
    "pain management",
    "water stress",
    "animal welfare laws and regulations",
    "thermal stress",
    "morbidity",
    "laboratory animal procedures",
    "animal welfare professionals",
    "animal welfare stakeholders",
    "animal use alternatives",
    "animal comfort",
    "animal well-being"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings AWIC Staff",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "mantenimiento del bienestar animal"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/animal-welfare/"
}