Animal Welfare
Understanding the welfare of animals living in controlled environments is the basis of the Oceanogràfic's and its Foundation's conservation strategy.
This program focuses on the development of tools that enable objective and non-invasive assessment of animal welfare, to improve the care and maintenance of the Oceanogràfic's species.
In addition, it includes the standardization of indices, both physiological and behavioral, that allow for quantification and evaluation of the status of each individual.
Developing these methodologies makes it possible for the results to be applied to wild animals, to understand the consequences of changes in the environment on the health of the species.
The program is carried out in collaboration with the Zoo Animal Welfare Education Centre specialist group of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
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