Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Linda M. Penfold, Franz Schwarzenberger, Graeme B. Martin, César A. Rosales-Nieto, Monique C. J. Paris

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone

2023

Assessing animal welfare: a triangulation of preference, judgement bias and other candidate welfare indicators

Authors: Elizabeth S Paul, William Browne, Michael T Mendl, Gina Caplen, Anna Trevarthen, Suzanne Held, Christine J Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords:

2022

A bibliometric analysis of past and emergent trends in animal welfare science

Authors: Raf Freire, CJ Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal well-being, bibliometrics, citation analysis, publications, scientometrics

2019

Behavioural and physiological responses of laying hens to automated monitoring equipment

Authors: Stephanie Buijs, Francesca Booth, Gemma Richards, Laura McGaughey, Christine J. Nicol, Joanne Edgar, John F. Tarlton

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, automated monitoring, domestic fowl, preening, thermography

2018

Provision of a resource package reduces feather pecking and improves ranging distribution on free-range layer farms

Authors: Isabelle C. Pettersson, Claire A. Weeks, Christine J. Nicol

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, feather pecking, laying hens, range use, welfare

2017

What can kinematics tell us about the affective states of animals?

Authors: M. J. Guesgen, C. J. Bench

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: affective state, animal welfare, emotion, gait, kinematics, posture

2017

Zoo foraging ecology: development and assessment of a welfare tool for captive animals

Authors: S. M. Troxell-Smith, C. J. Whelan, S. B. Magle, J. S. Brown

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, exhibit preferences, giving-up densities, parma wallaby, patagonian cavy

2017

Automated detection and characterisation of rumination in sheep using in vivo electrophysiology

Authors: Alister U. Nicol, Nicholas Perentos, Amadeu Q. Martins, A. Jennifer Morton

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: dysphagia, electroencephalogram, electromyogram, electrooculogram, mastication

2016

Consumer attitudes to injurious pecking in free-range egg production

Authors: R. M. Bennett, P. J. Jones, C. J. Nicol, R. B. Tranter, C. A. Weeks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, consumer attitudes, free-range layers, injurious pecking, management strategies, willingness-to-pay

2016

Dairy farmers’ use and non-use values in animal welfare: Determining the empirical content and structure with anchored best-worst scaling

Authors: H. Hansson, C. J. Lagerkvist

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, animal welfare of dairy cow, attitudes, attributes, best–worst scaling, dairy & animal science, economic value in, food safety, food science & technology, indicators, models, non-use value, parameters, pig, planned behavior, use value

2016