Assessing animal welfare: a triangulation of preference, judgement bias and other candidate welfare indicators

Authors: Elizabeth S Paul, William Browne, Michael T Mendl, Gina Caplen, Anna Trevarthen, Suzanne Held, Christine J Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

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2022

Is boredom an animal welfare concern?

Authors: R. K. Meagher

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, boredom, emotional states, exploratory behaviour, individual differences, sensation-seeking

2019

EFFECTS OF “SWIM WITH THE TURTLES” TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ON GREEN SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) HEALTH IN BARBADOS, WEST INDIES

Authors: K. Stewart, T. Norton, H. Mohammed, D. Browne, K. Clements, K. Thomas, T. Yaw, J. Horrocks

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: animal welfare, barbados, biochemistry, birds, blood values, caretta caretta, chelonia mydas, green sea, growth-rates, health, hematology, immunoglobulins, marine turtles, plasma, population, reptiles, southern bahamas, turtle, veterinary sciences

2016

Implementing Welfare Quality® in UK assurance schemes: evaluating the challenges

Authors: C. A. E. Heath, Y. Lin, S. Mullan, W. J. Browne, D. C. J. Main

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cow, focus group, on-farm assessment, score aggregation, welfare quality®

2014

Positive affective state induced by opioid analgesia in laying hens with bone fractures

Authors: M. A. F. Nasr, W. J. Browne, G. Caplen, B. Hothersall, J. C. Murrell, C. J. Nicol

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: conditioned place preference, fracture, laying hen, pain, welfare

2013

The quality and fertility of sperm collected from European common frog (Rana temporaria) carcasses refrigerated for up to 7 days

Authors: Natalia V. Shishova, Viktor K. Uteshev, Nikolai P. Sirota, Elena A. Kuznetsova, Svetlana A. Kaurova, Robert K. Browne, Edith N. Gakhova

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, anuran, DNA integrity, reproduction technologies, sperm, storage

2013

Welfare outcomes assessment in laying hen farm assurance schemes

Authors: D. C. J. Main, S. Mullan, C. Atkinson, A. Bond, M. Cooper, A. Fraser, W. J. Browne

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, farm assurance, feather loss, laying hen, sampling, welfare outcomes

2012

Relationships between multiple welfare indicators measured in individual chickens across different time periods and environments

Authors: C.j. Nicol, G. Caplen, J. Edgar, G. Richards, W.j. Browne

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cluster analysis, laying hen, multi-level modelling, stress, welfare indicator

2011

Associations between welfare indicators and environmental choice in laying hens

Authors: Christine J. Nicol, Gina Caplen, Joanne Edgar, William J. Browne

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal welfare, choice decision making, gallus gallus, laying hen, stress, welfare indicator

2009

A complex Enrichment Diet improves growth and health in the endangered Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri)

Authors: H. Li, M. J. Vaughan, R. K. Browne

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, growth, hypovitaminosis a, nutrition, squamous metaplasia, unsaturated fatty acid, wyoming toad

2009