Enrichment with classical music enhances affiliative behaviours in bottlenose dolphin

Authors: Cécile Guérineau, Miina Lõoke, Giuseppe Ganassin, Daniela Bertotto, Martina Bortoletti, Laura Cavicchioli, Stefano Furlati, Paolo Mongillo, Lieta Marinelli

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, captive, cetacean, enrichment, social behavior, zoo

2022

The provision of toys to pigs can improve the human-animal relationship

Authors: Míriam Marcet-Rius, Patrick Pageat, Cécile Bienboire-Frosini, Eva Teruel, Philippe Monneret, Julien Leclercq, Alessandro Cozzi

Publication/Journal: Porcine Health Management

Keywords: environmental enrichment, human-animal relationship, play behaviour, positive emotions, strange person test, tail movement

2020

Validity and reliability of cardiac measures during behavioural tests in pet dogs at home

Authors: Rian C. M. M. Lensen, Cécile Betremieux, Valérie Bavegems, Stanislas U. Sys, Christel P. H. Moons, Claire Diederich

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: arousal, behaviour, canine, heart rate, physiology, test battery

2017

Unpredictable and repeated negative stimuli increased emotional reactivity in male quail

Authors: Angélique Favreau-Peigné, Ludovic Calandreau, Paul Constantin, Aline Bertin, Cécile Arnould, Agathe Laurence, Marie-Annick Richard-Yris, Cécilia Houdelier, Sophie Lumineau, Alain Boissy, Christine Leterrier

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bird, chronic stress, emotional reactivity, neophobia, tonic immobility

2016

Young Blond d’Aquitaine, Angus and Limousin bulls differ in emotional reactivity: Relationships with animal traits, stress reactions at slaughter and post-mortem muscle metabolism

Authors: Cécile Bourguet, Véronique Deiss, Alain Boissy, E. M. Claudia Terlouw

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, breed, cattle, emotional reactivity, meat quality, slaughter stress

2015

Environmental, biological, and social factors influencing fecal adrenal steroid concentrations in female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Authors: Rafaela S. C. Takeshita, Fred B. Bercovitch, Michael A. Huffman, Keiko Mouri, Cécile Garcia, Lucie Rigaill, Keiko Shimizu

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, glucocorticoids, macaca fuscata, seasonality, stress

2014

Long-lasting and sex-specific consequences of elevated egg yolk testosterone for social behavior in Japanese quail

Authors: Cécile Schweitzer, Michael H. Goldstein, Ned J. Place, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: birds, maternal effects, social behavior, yolk testosterone

2013

Sharing mates and nest boxes is associated with female “friendship” in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

Authors: Laurence Henry, Cécile Bourguet, Marion Coulon, Christine Aubry, Martine Hausberger

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: mate choice, polygyny, social bonding, song sharing, starlings

2013

Stress at slaughter in cattle: role of reactivity profile and environmental factors

Authors: E. M. C. Terlouw, C. Bourguet, V. Deiss

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, emotional stress, meat quality, physiology, slaughter

2012

Infant access and handling in sooty mangabeys and vervet monkeys

Authors: Cécile Fruteau, Erica van de Waal, Eric van Damme, Ronald Noë

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: alloparenting, biological market, cercocebus, chlorocebus, grooming, power asymmetry, primate, supply and demand

2011

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