Applying wildlife welfare principles to individual animals
Applying wildlife welfare principles to individual animals
Applying wildlife welfare principles to individual animals
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such analysis a more relevant measure might be evidence of chronic and ‘traumatic’ stress<br />
(that exceeds the <strong>individual</strong>’s adaptive capacity), something which is not trivial <strong>to</strong><br />
differentiate by means of physiological measurements from acute stress.<br />
Stressor<br />
When we use the term stressor, we do not necessarily imply something which causes<br />
‘stress’ that exceeds the <strong>individual</strong>’s adaptive capacity, but in effect denote any<br />
environmental or other force impinging on an <strong>individual</strong> animal or group; an environmental<br />
‘challenge’ which has <strong>to</strong> be met.<br />
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