Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care

Authors: Katrin Baumgartner, Tim Hüttner, Isabella L. K. Clegg, Manuel Garcia Hartmann, Daniel Garcia-Párraga, Xavier Manteca, Birgitta Mercera, Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Cristina Pilenga, Kerstin Ternes, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Ruta Vaicekauskaite, Lorenzo von Fersen, Lisa Yon, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: cetacean welfare, marine mammals, welfare evaluation, welfare indicator, zoo animals

2024

A retrospective study on the prevalence of main clinical findings in brown bears (Ursus arctos) rescued from substandard husbandry conditions

Authors: Stagni,Elena, Sequeira,Sara, Brscic,Marta, Redtenbacher,Irene, Hartmann,Sabine

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, brown bear, Clinical finding, health, keeping condition, pre-rescue bear origin

2023

Feeding practices for captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Europe: A survey in EEP zoos

Authors: Isabel Gussek, Stefan Hirsch, Monika Hartmann, Karl-Heinz Südekum, Jürgen Hummel

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: browse, concentrate, dietary proportion, dry matter intake, forage, produce

2017

Stress response of farmed European abalone reveals rapid domestication process in absence of intentional selection

Authors: Sébastien Lachambre, Rob Day, Pierre Boudry, Sylvain Huchette, Antoine Rio-Cabello, Timothée Fustec, Sabine Roussel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abalone aquaculture, behavioural adaptation, domestication syndrome, farm stressors, immune response, responses to stress

2017

Reactions of sheep towards three sets of emotional stimuli: (In)Consistency in respect to stimulus valence and sheep identity

Authors: Lorenz Gygax, Sabine Vögeli

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, consistency, ear postures, fnirs, personality, valence

2016

Housing conditions influence cortical and behavioural reactions of sheep in response to videos showing social interactions of different valence

Authors: Sabine Vögeli, Martin Wolf, Beat Wechsler, Lorenz Gygax

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: attentiveness, emotion, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fnirs), mood, sheep, social interaction

2015

Modification of aviary design reduces incidence of falls, collisions and keel bone damage in laying hens

Authors: Ariane Stratmann, Ernst Konrad Friederich Fröhlich, Sabine Gabriele Gebhardt-Henrich, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek, Hanno Würbel, Michael Jeffrey Toscano

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aviary system, keel bone damage, laying hens, moving behavior

2015

The influence of handling and exposure to a ferret on body temperature and running wheel activity of golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

Authors: Patrizia Eberli, Sabine G. Gebhardt-Henrich, Andreas Steiger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: emotional fever, ferret, golden hamster, handling, running wheel, stress

2011

Laying hens selected for low mortality: Behaviour in tests of fearfulness, anxiety and cognition

Authors: Rebecca E. Nordquist, Jasper L. T. Heerkens, T. Bas Rodenburg, Sabine Boks, Esther D. Ellen, F. Josef van der Staay

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cannibalism, chicken, feather pecking, genetic selection, holeboard, open-field test, voluntary approach test

2011

Relationship between the response to the corneal reflex (depth of narcosis) and specific parameters in the slaughter blood of pigs narcotised with CO2

Authors: H. Hartmann, G. Rindermann, C. Siegling-Vlitakis, G. Arndt, K. Wolf, R. Fries

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acid-base parameter, animal welfare, blood-gas tension, co2 stunning, corneal reflex response, pigs

2010

Our Goals