The glass is not yet half empty: agitation but not Varroa treatment causes cognitive bias in honey bees

Authors: H. Schluns, H. Welling, J. R. Federici, L. Lewejohann

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: animal behavior, apidae, apis-mellifera hymenoptera, appetitive learning, aversive learning, behavioral sciences, colonies, destructor, formic acid, invertebrate emotion, invertebrate welfare, jacobsoni acari, judgment bias, olfactory conditioning, proboscis extension, proboscis extension reflex, zoology

2017

Facial Indicators of Positive Emotions in Rats

Authors: K. Finlayson, J. F. Lampe, S. Hintze, H. Wurbel, L. Melotti

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: animal emotions, facial expression, rats

2016

Zoo Visitors’ Affective Responses to Observing Animal Behaviors

Authors: J. F. Luebke, J. V. Watters, J. Packer, L. J. Miller, D. M. Powell

Publication/Journal: Visitor Studies

Keywords: environmental enrichment, experiences, hospitality, leisure, personality, sport & tourism

2016

Assessment of Flooring Renovations on African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Behavior and Glucocorticoid Response

Authors: S. A. Boyle, B. Roberts, B. M. Pope, M. R. Blake, S. E. Leavelle, J. J. Marshall, A. Smith, A. Hadicke, J. F. Falcone, K. Knott, A. J. Kouba

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: asian elephant, captive elephants, endocrinology, maximus, multidisciplinary sciences, national-park, nocturnal behavior, serum cortisol, stress, walking rates, zoo elephants

2015

Assessment of temperament traits of white-lipped (Tayassu pecari) and collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) during handling in a farmed environment

Authors: S. S. C. Nogueira, J. F. Macêdo, A. C. Sant'Anna, S. L. G. Nogueira-Filho, M. J. R. Paranhos da Costa

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, domestication, handling, peccary, reactivity, wildlife farming

2015

Assessment of welfare of Brazilian and Belgian broiler flocks using the Welfare Quality protocol

Authors: F. A. M. Tuyttens, J. F. Federici, R. F. Vanderhasselt, K. Goethals, L. Duchateau, E. C. O. Sans, C. F. M. Molento

Publication/Journal: Poultry Science

Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, behavior, chickens, country of origin, dairy & animal science, dermatitis, farm, performance, poultry meat, slaughter, thirst, trade, welfare quality®

2015

Behavioural evaluation of analgesic efficacy for pain mitigation in lame sows

Authors: M. D. Pairis-Garcia, A. K. Johnson, K. J. Stalder, C. A. Abell, L. A. Karriker, J. F. Coetzee, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, flunixin meglumine, lameness, meloxicam, swine

2015

Short- and long-term repeatability of docility in the roe deer: sex and age matter

Authors: L. Debeffe, J. F. Lemaître, U. A. Bergvall, A. J. M. Hewison, J. M. Gaillard, N. Morellet, M. Goulard, C. Monestier, M. David, H. Verheyden-Tixier, L. Jäderberg, C. Vanpé, P. Kjellander

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: capreolus capreolus, capture, individual differences, mammal, personality, repeatability

2015

Effect of hiding places, straw and territory on aggression in group-housed rabbit does

Authors: Jorine M. Rommers, Berry J. F. Reuvekamp, Henk Gunnink, Ingrid C. de Jong

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, agonistic behaviour, group housing, rabbit

2014

Factors predicting the frequency, likelihood and duration of allonursing in the cooperatively breeding meerkat

Authors: K. J. MacLeod, J. F. Nielsen, T. H. Clutton-Brock

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: allolactation, helper, meerkat, suricata suricatta

2013

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