Sleep and Obesity: A Focus on Animal Models

Authors: V. Mavanji, C.J. Billington, C.M. Kotz, J.A. Teske

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: animal models, circadian clock, eds, obesity, rem sleep, sleep, sleep fragmentation, sws-delta power

2012

The Use of a Running Wheel to Measure Activity in Rodents: Relationship to Energy Balance, General Activity, and Reward

Authors: C.M. Novak, P.R. Burghardt, J.A. Levine

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: brain, energy balance, reward, running wheel, wheel-running activity

2012

Effect of Spectral Composition of Artificial Light on the Attraction of Moths

Authors: F. van Langevelde, J.A. Ettema, M. Donners, M.F. WallisDeVries, D. Groenendijk

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: body-size dependent effect, cascading effects, ecology of the night, lepidoptera, light pollution

2011

Optimisation of breeding strategies to reduce the prevalence of inherited disease in pedigree dogs

Authors: T.W. Lewis, J.A. Woolliams, S.C. Blott

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dog, hip dysplasia, inherited disease, mitral valve disease, syringomyelia

2010

Welfare and mate choice in zebra finches: effect of handling regime and presence of cover

Authors: S.A. Collins, J.A. Archer, C.J. Barnard

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cage birds, handling reward, husbandry, mate choice, zebra finch

2008

African elephant status report 2007: An update from the African elephant database. Occasional paper series of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, No. 33.

Authors: J.J. Blanc, R.F.W. Barnes, G.C. Craig, H.T. Dublin, C.R. Thouless, I. Douglas-Hamilton, J.A. Hart

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: african bush elephant, african elephant, population estimates, range, status

2007

Dynamic averaging and foraging decisions in horses (Equus callabus)

Authors: J.A. Devenport, M.R. Patterson, L.D. Devenport

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animals, decision-making, feeding behavior, feeding behaviour, female, horses/psychology, male, motivation, orientation, short-term memory, social environment

2005

Factors influencing human attitudes to animals and their welfare

Authors: J.A. Serpell

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitude psychology, attitude surveys, attitudes to animals, ethics, scientific values

2004

Foraging opportunity and increased physical complexity both prevent and reduce psychogenic feather picking by young Amazon parrots

Authors: C.L. Meehan, J.R. Millam, J.A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, feather pecking, feather picking, foraging behavior, foraging behaviour, parrots, psittacine

2003