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

Feather-pecking and injurious pecking in organic laying hens in 107 flocks from eight European countries

Authors: M. Bestman, C. Verwer, C. Brenninkmeyer, A. Willett, L. K. Hinrichsen, F. Smajlhodzic, J. L. T. Heerkens, S. Gunnarsson, V. Ferrante

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, clinical scoring, free range, layers, management, poultry

2017

Keel-bone damage and foot injuries in commercial laying hens in Denmark

Authors: A. B. Riber, L. K. Hinrichsen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, foot injuries, housing system, keel bone damage, laying hen, production system

2016

The effects of social interaction and environmental enrichment on the space use, behaviour and stress of owned housecats facing a novel environment

Authors: L. K. Rehnberg, K. A. Robert, S. J. Watson, R. A. Peters

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: adaptation, adrenocortical, agriculture, animal welfare, behavioral sciences, behavioural stress, boarding catteries, cat welfare, dairy & animal science, dogs, domestic cats, environmental enrichment, faecal glucocorticoids, felis-sylvestris-catus, function, pairs, sciences, scoring, shelter, socialization, veterinary

2015

Current use of and attitudes towards identification in cats and dogs in veterinary clinics in Oklahoma City, USA

Authors: M. R. Slater, E. Weiss, L. K. Lord

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, identification tag, lost cat, lost dog, stray cat

2012

Morphometric sex determination of Milky and Painted storks in captivity

Authors: H. K. A. Ong, K. Chinna, S. K. Khoo, W. L. Ng, B. Y. Wong, K. L. Chow, L. K. CHong, K. Pillai, S. Vellayan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chd genes, logistic regression equation, molecular DNA sexing, morphometics, storks

2012

Noninvasive Saliva Collection for DNA Analyses From Free-Ranging Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

Authors: N. D. Simons, J. G. Lorenz, L. K. Sheeran, J. H. Li, D. P. Xia, R. S. Wagner

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: genetics, macaca thibetana, noninvasive sampling methods, saliva

2012

Ultraviolet visual sensitivity in three avian lineages: paleognaths, parrots, and passerines

Authors: Aidala, Zachary; Huynen, Leon; Brennan, Patricia L. R.; Musser, Jacob; Fidler, Andrew; Chong, Nicola; Machovsky Capuska, Gabriel E.; Anderson, Michael G.; Talaba, Amanda; Lambert, David; Hauber, Mark E.

Publication/Journal: Jounal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Keywords: avian communication, perching birds, sensory ecology, sws1 opsin, ultraviolet vision

2012