A5049033641- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Animal testing and alternatives
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Ethics in medical practice
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Economic and Social Issues
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Medical and Health Sciences Research
- Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- German Social Sciences and History
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
2015-2024
University of Vienna
2013-2024
Medical University of Vienna
2012-2024
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2011
The 3Rs principle of replacing, reducing and refining the use animals in science has been gaining widespread support international research community appears transnational legislation such as European Directive 2010/63/EU, a number national legislative frameworks like Switzerland UK, other rules guidance place countries around world. At same time, progress technical biomedical research, along with changing status many societies, challenges view sufficient effective approach to moral set by...
Euthanasia of pets has been described by veterinarians as "the best and the worst" profession. The most commonly mentioned ethical dilemmas face in small animal practice are: limited treatment options due to financial constraints, euthanizing healthy animals owners wishing continue terminally ill animals. aim study was gain insight into attitudes Austrian towards euthanasia This included assessing their agreement with exemplified case scenarios, potentially predicted demographic variables...
Modern veterinary medicine offers numerous options for treatment and clinicians must decide on the best one to use. Interventions causing short-term harm but ultimately benefitting animal are often justified as being in animal's interest. Highly invasive clinical procedures with high morbidity low success rates may not be A working party was set up by European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia Analgesia discuss ethics practice improve approach ethically challenging cases. Relevant literature...
Small veterinary practice is experiencing steady improvement in diagnostics and therapies which enable veterinarians to offer evermore advanced medical care for their patients. This focus group study of (n = 32) examined the impact these improvements potential challenges they introduce small animal practice. It shows that while deliver benefits patient care, also add complexities decision-making. Although participating were aware duty act best interests animal, decisions highly dependent on...
It is our concern that European Union Directive 2010/63/EU with its current project evaluation of animal research in the form a harm-benefit analysis may lead to an erosion credibility research. The HBA assesses whether inflicted harm on animals outweighed by potential prospective benefits. Recent literature benefit prioritizes "societal benefits" have foreseeable, positive impact humans, animals, or environment over knowledge. In this study, we will argue practical benefits are realized (a)...
Health insurance offers many benefits to clients and veterinarians, such as the ability perform necessary possibly cost-intensive medical interventions without financial constraints, or potentially prevent euthanasia based on challenges. However, concerns about negative consequences, overuse of diagnostic tests overtreatment, have also been raised.Using an online questionnaire distributed via e-mail, which included a section health insurance, we investigated relative number insured dogs cats...
Small animal veterinarians frequently have to manage conflicting interests. Beside the key consideration of patient's interests, small are often challenged consider not only client's emotional needs, but also their own personal aspirations provide quality patient care and make a good living as professional. Further, an interest in continuous professional development use newest treatments, which may influence decision-making process. Based on published work, we hypothesize existence four...
Directive 2010/63/EU (henceforth "Directive") on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes mandates that every project proposal in EU member states involving procedures living non-human vertebrates and cephalopods has to be approved an review process, including a harm-benefit-analysis (HBA), assess "whether harm terms suffering, pain distress is justified by expected outcome taking into account ethical consideration may ultimately benefit human beings, or environment". Despite...
How can expected study benefits and animal harms be weighed against each other? What is the unit common currency that allows this weighing to performed?
The "One Health" initiative promises to combine different health-related issues concerning humans and animals in an overarching concept related practices the benefit of both animals. Far from dismissing One Health, this paper nevertheless argues that veterinary interventions are determined by social connected expectations are, thus, hardly compliant with only one single conceptualization health, as Health suggests. relies on a naturalistic understanding health focusing similar bodies show...
In this paper, we analyse the Wittgensteinian critique of orthodoxy in animal ethics that has been championed by Cora Diamond and Alice Crary. While Crary frames it as a “moral individualism”, show their criticism applies most prominently to certain forms moral individualism (namely, those follow hedonistic or preference-satisfaction axiologies), not itself. Indeed, there is concrete sense which individualistic stance cannot be escaped, believe particular limitation justified Crary’s later...
Housing and management conditions strongly influence the health, welfare behaviour of horses. Consequently, objective quantifiable comparisons between domestic environments their on different equine demographics are needed to establish evidence-based criteria assess optimize horse welfare. Therefore, present study aimed measure compare time budgets (=percentage spent specific activities) horses with chronic orthopaedic disease geriatric (≥20 years) living in husbandry systems using an...
The main objective of this paper is to introduce the concept "animal patient" academic debates on animal ethics, veterinary ethics and medical ethics. This move reflects prioritization patient in profession's own current ethical self-conception. Our contributes state research by analysing conceptual prerequisites for constitution understanding animals as patients through lens two concepts fundamental field: health disease. first section describes, how these are inextricably entangled with...
Recumbency is a prerequisite for horses achieving rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and completing full cycle. An inability to lie down due environmental insecurities or pain results in REM deficiency, which can cause substantial impairment of welfare health. Therefore, the present study used wearable automated sensor technology on 83 housed an animal sanctuary measure compare recumbency, locomotion, standing time budgets geriatric with without chronic lameness younger adult sound lame horses....
The harm-benefit analysis (HBA) is a cornerstone of the European Directive 2010/63/EU (the Directive). regulates care and handling animals used for scientific purposes in Union (EU). Since its implementation, there has been ongoing debate around practical applicability HBA research project review processes. objectives this study are to analyze operationalization EU member states investigate consistency HBA’s implementation terms national legislation available policy documents. To meet these...
Abstract Background Quality of life (QoL) provides a comprehensive concept underpinning veterinary decision-making that encompasses factors beyond physical health. It becomes particularly pertinent when seeking responsible choices for chronically ill or old horses emphasise their well-being and good QoL over the extension life. How different stakeholders use is highly relevant considering complexity these decisions in real-life situations. Methods Seven focus group discussions ( N = 39) were...