Discrimination of Acoustic Stimuli and Maintenance of Graded Alarm Call Structure in Captive Meerkats

Authors: Sebastian Schneider, Sarah Goettlich, Charlette Diercks, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: acoustic features, alarm calls, animal welfare, bioacoustics, fuzzy clustering, graded structure, LASSO algorithm, meerkats, natural behavior, playback experiment, suricates, vocalization, zoo

2021

Chimpanzees with positive welfare are happier, extraverted, and emotionally stable

Authors: Lauren M. Robinson, Drew M. Altschul, Emma K. Wallace, Yulán Úbeda, Miquel Llorente, Zarin Machanda, Katie E. Slocombe, Matthew C. Leach, Natalie K. Waran, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, chimpanzee, happiness, pan troglodytes, personality, welfare

2017

Using automated image analysis in pig behavioural research: Assessment of the influence of enrichment substrate provision on lying behaviour

Authors: Abozar Nasirahmadi, Sandra A. Edwards, Stephanie M. Matheson, Barbara Sturm

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment material, image processing, lying behaviour, pig

2017

Visual body condition scoring in zoo animals – composite, algorithm and overview approaches

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Marcus Clauss, Stefan Hoby, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition scoring (bcs), elephas maximus, loxodonta africana, weight monitoring, zoo animal

2017

Automated detection and characterisation of rumination in sheep using in vivo electrophysiology

Authors: Alister U. Nicol, Nicholas Perentos, Amadeu Q. Martins, A. Jennifer Morton

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: dysphagia, electroencephalogram, electromyogram, electrooculogram, mastication

2016

Using a three-axis accelerometer to identify and classify sheep behaviour at pasture

Authors: F. A. P. Alvarenga, I. Borges, L. Palkovič, J. Rodina, V. H. Oddy, R. C. Dobos

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, decision-tree, grazing, ruminant, sensor

2016

Automatic classification of measures of lying to assess the lameness of broilers

Authors: A. Aydin, C. Bahr, D. Berckmans

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, automatic monitoring, broiler chickens, gait score, lameness, latency to lie

2015

Human–animal interface: The effects of handler’s stress on the performance of canines in an explosive detection task

Authors: Salman Zubedat, Shlomit Aga-Mizrachi, Adi Cymerblit-Sabba, Jonathan Shwartz, Joseph Fiko Leon, Shlomo Rozen, Itay Varkovitzky, Yuval Eshed, Dan Grinstein, Avi Avital

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anxiety, attention, canine, explosive detection, handler, stress

2014

Finding a dominance order most consistent with a linear hierarchy: an improved algorithm for the I&SI method

Authors: Volker S. Schmid, Han de Vries

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: domicalc, dominance ranking, i&amp, inconsistent dyad, matrix reordering technique, nonuniqueness, si method

2013

Assessment of unconsciousness during slaughter without stunning in lambs

Authors: P. Rodríguez, A. Velarde, A. Dalmau, P. Llonch

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, consciousness, eeg, lambs, neck sticking, religious slaughter

2012