Pet dog management practices among a representative sample of owners in Victoria, Australia

Authors: T. J. Howell, K. Mornement, P. C. Bennett

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: adoption, anthrozoology, behavioral sciences, behaviors, companion dog, dog care, dog ownership, dog welfare, slaughter plants, stunning practices, veterinary sciences

2016

Environmental change alters personality in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Authors: Ashley J. Frost, Jack S. Thomson, Charlotte Smith, Hannah C. Burton, Ben Davis, Phillip C. Watts, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, boldness, coping style, hypoxia, oncorhynchus-mykiss, predation risk, rainbow-trout, temperature

2013

Observing lame sheep: evaluating test agreement between group-level and individual animal methods of assessment

Authors: C. J. Phythian, P. C. Cripps, D. Grove-White, P. H. Jones, E. Michalopoulou, J. S. Duncan

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, foot lesion, lameness, on-farm assessment, sheep, test agreement

2013

Is Optimism Optimal? Functional Causes of Apparent Behavioural Biases

Authors: A. I. Houston, P. C. Trimmer, T. W. Fawcett, A. D. Higginson, J. A. R. Marshall, J. M. McNamara

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: bandit models, long-term currency, natural selection, optimal decision making, optimism, pessimism, short-term currency

2012

Plasticity of Boldness in Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss: Do Hunger and Predation Influence Risk-Taking Behaviour?

Authors: J. S. Thomson, P. C. Watts, T. G. Pottinger, L. U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavioral plasticity, behavioural plasticity, coping style, cortisol, food availability, gene expression, oncorhynchus-mykiss, predation threat, rainbow-trout

2012

Some Analyses and Recommendations on Diet Formulation for Conservation Breeding of the Galapagos Rice Rat of Isla Santiago, Nesoryzomys swarthi

Authors: Dan Wharton, Robert Dowler, Jennifer Watts

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: conservation breeding, diet formulation, nesoryzomys swarthi, opuntia galapageia

2012

Effect of a cage divider permitting social stimuli on stress and food intake in rats

Authors: M. M. Boggiano, S. A. Cavigelli, J. R. Dorsey, C. E. P. Kelley, C. M. Ragan, P. C. Chandler-Laney

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: adrenal, animal welfare, body weight, catecholamines, corticosterone, enrichment, feces, feeding, glucocorticoids, housing, hpa, hplc, husbandry, ingestive behavior, ria, rodent, stress hormones

2008

Cognitive enrichment affects behavioural reactivity in domestic pigs

Authors: B. Puppe, K. Ernst, P. C. Schön, G. Manteuffel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cognitive enrichment, learning, open field, pig, reward, welfare

2007

Vocal behaviour in cattle: the animal’s commentary on its biological processes and welfare

Authors: Jon M. Watts, Joseph M. Stookey

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal communication, animal welfare, cattle, vocalization

2000

Reproductive parameters in captive woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha)

Authors: J. C. Mooney, P. C. Lee

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding success, infant survival, interbirth intervals, sex ratios

1999