What do calves choose to eat and how do preferences affect behaviour?

Authors: Laura E. Webb, Bas Engel, Harma Berends, Cornelis G. van Reenen, Walter J. J. Gerrits, Imke J. M. de Boer, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, dietary preference, holstein-friesian calves, milk replacer, solid feed, welfare

2014

Effects of feather pecking phenotype (severe feather peckers, victims and non-peckers) on serotonergic and dopaminergic activity in four brain areas of laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Authors: Marjolein S. Kops, Elske N. de Haas, T. Bas Rodenburg, Esther D. Ellen, Gerdien A. H. Korte-Bouws, Berend Olivier, O. Güntürkün, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, S. Mechiel Korte

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: feather pecking behavior, laying hens, monoamines, ocd, thalamopallial circuit

2013

Effects of dietary fibers with different physicochemical properties on feeding motivation in adult female pigs

Authors: Carol Souza da Silva, Joost J. G. C. van den Borne, Walter J. J. Gerrits, Bas Kemp, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: dietary fiber, feeding motivation, operant test, pigs, runway, satiety

2012

Sex differences in stress responses: Focus on ovarian hormones

Authors: Gert J. Ter Horst, Romy Wichmann, Marjolein Gerrits, Christel Westenbroek, Yanhua Lin

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, chronic stress, creb, erk1/2, estrogen, female rat, fos, gender, neuroplasticity

2009