Perspectives on Animal Behavior (HB)

Animal welfare science is a relatively mew scientific disciplin, evolving mostly from within veterinary medicine over the latter half of the twentieth century into an independent specialty in its own right. Originally, the field of study was heavily focused on animal behavior (ethology), but it has emerged into a truly multi- and inter-disciplinary science, encompassing such sciences as behavior, physiology, pathology, health, immunology, endorinology and neuroscience and influenced by personal and societal ethics.