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ReviewBiological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society2025

The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues.

Feifan Wu, Alan Tilbrook, Shane K Maloney, Dominique Blache

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Review in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Feifan WuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0009-0003-6081-5412
Alan TilbrookSchool of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia.
Shane K MaloneySchool of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5878-2266
Dominique BlacheCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-3476-3068

Funding

International Academic Exchange Fund for Graduate Students of Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, P.R. ChinaPostgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province KYCX24_3808
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We discuss the intricate relationship between the evolution of the concept of stress and the development of the concept of animal welfare. After a brief review of the main concepts of animal welfare, we analyse important steps in the evolution of the concept of stress, starting from the mechanistic approach of the General Adaptation Syndrome to the recent integrative allostatic theory. We show how, over time, each concept of stress has informed the development of the concept of animal welfare. We discuss the role of emotions and affective states in the response of animals to challenges and how psychological stress is integral to the welfare of animals. Lastly, we discuss briefly the potential role of the gut-brain axis in both the concept of stress and the concept of welfare.

Indexed as

Animal WelfareStress, PhysiologicalStress, PsychologicalAnimalsallostasisassessmenthomeostasisHPA axismicrobiome

Identifiers

PMID40704428
PMCPMC12586294

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