Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare

Authors: I. Reimert, L. E. Webb, M. A. van Marwijk, J. E. Bolhuis

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: behaviour, emotion, health, physiology, welfare assessment

2023

The Zone Overlap Index: A new measure of shared resource use in the zoo

Authors: J. E. Brereton, P. E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biol

Keywords: animal, animals, compatibility, enclosure design, housing, humans, mixed-species enclosure, Pianka Niche Overlap Index, proximity, zoo

2023

Comparison of novel mechanical cervical dislocation and a modified captive bolt for on-farm killing of poultry on behavioural reflex responses and anatomical pathology

Authors: J. E. Martin, D. E. F. McKeegan, J. Sparrey, V. Sandilands

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captive bolt, cervical dislocation, killing, poultry, reflexes

2016

Pushed to the limit: food abundance determines tag-induced harm in penguins

Authors: R. P. Wilson, J. E. Sala, A. Gómez-Laich, J. Ciancio, F. Quintana

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, body condition-dependent cost of transport, drag, energy expenditure, magellanic penguin, spheniscus magellanicus

2015

Should stress management be part of the clinical care provided to chronically ill dogs?

Authors: S. L. Nicholson, J. E. Meredith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: alone, animals, behavior, behavioral sciences, cats, chronic disease, chronic stress, cortisol concentrations, disease, dog, hair, hair cortisol, health, questionnaire, responses, spatial restriction, time left, veterinary sciences, welfare

2015

Short-term physiological and behavioural effects of high- versus low-frequency fluorescent light on captive birds

Authors: J. E. Evans, E. L. Smith, A. T. D. Bennett, I. C. Cuthill, K. L. Buchanan

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: captivebird, corticosterone, flicker frequency, fluorescent lighting, light environment, sturnus vulgaris, welfare

2012

Behaviour of domestic fowl in anticipation of positive and negative stimuli

Authors: P. H. Zimmerman, S. A. F. Buijs, J. E. Bolhuis, L. J. Keeling

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal welfare, classical conditioning, comfort behaviour, domestic fowl, gallus gallus domesticus, learning, positive emotion

2011

Seasonality, sociality, and reproduction: Long-term stressors of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

Authors: Anne P. Starling, Marie J. E. Charpentier, Courtney Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth S. Scordato, Christine M. Drea

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, breeding season, corticosterone, cortisol, fecal steroids, female dominance, reproduction, strepsirrhine primate, stress

2010

Terminal investment and senescence in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Cayo Santiago

Authors: C. L. Hoffman, J. P. Higham, A. Mas-Rivera, J. E. Ayala, D. Maestripieri

Publication/Journal: Behavioral Ecology

Keywords: aging, life history, maternal investment, offspring fitness, reproductive senescence, rhesus macaques

2010