An Animal Welfare Risk Assessment Process for Zoos

Authors: S. L. Sherwen, L. M. Hemsworth, N. J. Beausoleil, A. Embury, D. J. Mellor

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: assessment, Five Domains, welfare, zoo

2018

Elephant Management in North American Zoos: Environmental Enrichment, Feeding, Exercise, and Training

Authors: B. J. Greco, C. L. Meehan, L. J. Miller, D. J. Shepherdson, K. A. Morfeld, J. Andrews, A. M. Baker, K. Carlstead, J. A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: diet, elephant husbandry, enrichment, training, zoos

2016

Recumbence Behavior in Zoo Elephants: Determination of Patterns and Frequency of Recumbent Rest and Associated Environmental and Social Factors

Authors: M. R. Holdgate, C. L. Meehan, J. N. Hogan, L. J. Miller, J. Rushen, A. M. de Passille, J. Soltis, J. Andrews, D. J. Shepherdson

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: elephants, recumbency, welfare, zoo

2016

Walking Behavior of Zoo Elephants: Associations between GPS-Measured Daily Walking Distances and Environmental Factors, Social Factors, and Welfare Indicators

Authors: M. R. Holdgate, C. L. Meehan, J. N. Hogan, L. J. Miller, J. Soltis, J. Andrews, D. J. Shepherdson

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: captivity, elephants, gps, walking, welfare indicators

2016

The effect of four different feeding regimes on rabbit behaviour

Authors: J. L. Prebble, F. M. Langford, D. J. Shaw, A. L. Meredith

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, agriculture, behavioral sciences, behaviour, dairy & animal science, diets, domestic rabbits, environmental enrichment, feeding, food, hay, laboratory rabbits, oryctolagus cuniculus, pet rabbits, rabbit, sciences, veterinary, welfare, wild rabbit, zealand white-rabbits

2015

Extending the ‘Five Domains’ model for animal welfare assessment to incorporate positive welfare states

Authors: D. J. Mellor, N. J. Beausoleil

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, assessment framework, five domains model, grading system, positive welfare states, welfare enhancement

2015

Introducing breathlessness as a significant animal welfare issue

Authors: N. J. Beausoleil, D. J. Mellor

Publication/Journal: New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, breathlessness, dyspnea, respiration

2015

Evaluation of microwave energy as a humane stunning technique based on electroencephalography (EEG) of anaesthetised cattle

Authors: J. L. Rault, P. H. Hemsworth, P. L. Cakebread, D. J. Mellor, C. B. Johnson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, electromagnetic, euthanasia, insensibility, pre-slaughter, slaughter

2014

How should the welfare of fetal and neurologically immature postnatal animals be protected?

Authors: M. L. H. Campbell, D. J. Mellor, P. Sandøe

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, fetal protection, fetal suffering, neurological immaturity, postnatal harms, regulations

2014

Animal research ethics, legislation and practice and their application to scientific whaling

Authors: D. J. Fry

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal experimentation, animal welfare, guidance, regulations, whaling, work in the wild

2013