Circulating and Excreted Corticosteroids and Metabolites, Hematological, and Serum Chemistry Parameters in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Before and After a Stress Response

Authors: Steinman,K. J., Robeck,T. R., Fetter,G. A., Schmitt,T. L., Osborn,S., DiRocco,S., Nollens,H. H., O’Brien,J. K.

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science

Keywords: corticosteorids, endocrinology, feces, killer whale (Orcinus orca), stress

2020

Evaluation of brainstem disruption following penetrating captive-bolt shot in isolated cattle heads: comparison of traditional and alternative shot-placement landmarks

Authors: J. N. Gilliam, J. K. Shearer, R. J. Bahr, S. Crochik, J. Woods, J. Hill, J. Reynolds, J. D. Taylor

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, brainstem, captive bolt, cattle, euthanasia, shot placement

2016

Management and design of hospital pens relative to behavior of the compromised dairy cow: A questionnaire survey of Iowa dairy farms

Authors: Katrine K. Fogsgaard, Mette S. Herskin, Patrick J. Gorden, Leo L. Timms, Jan K. Shearer, Suzanne T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, hospital pens, sickness behavior

2016

Training Reduces Stress in Human-Socialised Wolves to the Same Degree as in Dogs

Authors: A. D. Vasconcellos, Z. Viranyi, F. Range, C. Ades, J. K. Scheidegger, E. Mostl, K. Kotrschal

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: stress, training, welfare, wolves

2016

The effect of conspecific removal on behavioral and physiological responses of dairy cattle

Authors: J. K. Walker, D. R. Arney, N. K. Waran, I. G. Handel, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, association, calves, conspecific, cows, dairy & animal science, dairy cattle, food science & technology, heifers, immune system, immunoglobulin a, milk, salivary iga, secretory immunoglobulins, separation, serum, social behavior

2015

NWO-project on animal welfare in aquaculture Fishes should be given a face

Authors: J. K. Haneveld

Publication/Journal: Tijdschrift Voor Diergeneeskunde

Keywords: veterinary sciences

2015

An Observational Study of the Effects of Therapeutic Hoof Blocks on the Locomotion, Behavior, and Production of Healthy Dairy Cattle

Authors: Janet H. Cutler, Jan K. Shearer, David F. Kelton, Gerard Cramer, Pat J. Gorden, Suzanne T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: accelerometers, dairy cows, hoof blocks

2015

Does owning a companion animal influence the belief that animals experience emotions such as grief?

Authors: J. K. Walker, N. McGrath, I. G. Handel, N. K. Waran, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, companion animal, emotions, grief, public attitudes, separation

2014

Wild animal welfare

Authors: J. K. Kirkwood

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, anthropogenic, cetaceans, threats, three rs, wildlife

2013

Captive-bolt euthanasia of cattle: determination of optimal-shot placement and evaluation of the Cash Special Euthanizer Kit for euthanasia of cattle

Authors: J. N. Gilliam, J. K. Shearer, J. Woods, J. Hill, J. Reynolds, J. D. Taylor, R. J. Bahr, S. Crochik, T. A. Snider

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captive bolt, cattle, computed tomography, euthanasia, shot placement

2012