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

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

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

Developing a Collaborative Agenda for Humanities and Social Scientific Research on Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare

Authors: G. F. Davies, B. J. Greenhough, P. Hobson-West, R. G. W. Kirk, K. Applebee, L. C. Bellingan, M. Berdoy, H. Buller, H. J. Cassaday, K. Davies, D. Diefenbacher, T. Druglitro, M. P. Escobar, C. Friese, K. Herrmann, A. Hinterberger, W. J. Jarrett, K. Jayne, A. M. Johnson, E. R. Johnson, T. Konold, M. C. Leach, S. Leonelli, D. I. Lewis, E. J. Lilley, E. R. Longridge, C. M. McLeod, M. Miele, N. C. Nelson, E. H. Ormandy, H. Pallett, L. Poort, P. Pound, E. Ramsden, E. Roe, H. Scalway, A. Schrader, C. J. Scotton, C. L. Scudamore, J. A. Smith, L. Whitfield, S. Wolfensohn

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: animal welfare, laboratory animals, social science

2016

Effects of carprofen, meloxicam and butorphanol on broiler chickens’ performance in mobility tests

Authors: B. Hothersall, G. Caplen, R. M. A. Parker, C. J. Nicol, A. E. Waterman-Pearson, C. A. Weeks, J. C. Murrell

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: analgesia, animal welfare, broiler chicken, lameness, mobility, pain

2016

Thermoregulatory response in hair sheep and shorn wool sheep

Authors: C. G. Titto, C. J. Verissimo, A. M. F. Pereira, A. D. Geraldo, L. M. Katiki, E. A. L. Titto

Publication/Journal: Small Ruminant Research

Keywords: adaptability, heat challenge, thermotolerance index

2016

The risk factors affecting the development of vent pecking and cannibalism in free-range and organic laying hens

Authors: S. L. Lambton, T. G. Knowles, C. Yorke, C. J. Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cannibalism, free range, laying hens, risk-factors, vent pecking

2015

Defining and measuring farmers’ attitudes to farm animal welfare

Authors: H. Hansson, C. J. Lagerkvist

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, factor analysis, farmers, measurement models, psychometrics

2014

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