Turner Patricia V
Charles River Laboratories Inc, Global Animal Welfare & Training, Charles River, Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA.
ILAR J. 2021 Sep 24;60(3):366-372. doi: 10.1093/ilar/ilaa017.
For many years, researchers, veterinarians, animal ethics committees, and regulators have focused on minimizing pain and distress as a primary goal of refinement when working with animals in science. More recent publications as well as a shift in animal ethics and public opinion have emphasized promotion of positive affective states, culminating in the concept of positive animal welfare. Robust measures are required to know when positive animal welfare states are occurring, and a number of measures are proposed and discussed. Regardless of whether there are newer methods available that focus exclusively on measuring positive affective states, consistent consideration of research animal behavioral programs, refinement, and adopting periodic stand-alone animal welfare assessments for all species involved will help to push the care and practices of research animals towards an increased focus on positive animal welfare.
多年来，研究人员、兽医、动物伦理委员会和监管机构一直将尽量减少疼痛和痛苦作为在科学研究中使用动物时优化的主要目标。最近的出版物以及动物伦理和公众舆论的转变强调了促进积极情感状态，最终形成了积极动物福利的概念。需要强有力的措施来了解积极动物福利状态何时出现，并且提出并讨论了一些措施。无论是否有专门用于测量积极情感状态的更新方法，持续考虑研究动物行为程序、优化，并对所有涉及的物种进行定期独立的动物福利评估，都将有助于推动研究动物的护理和实践，使其更加关注积极动物福利。
