Comparison of novel mechanical cervical dislocation and a modified captive bolt for on-farm killing of poultry on behavioural reflex responses and anatomical pathology
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, captive bolt, cervical dislocation, killing, poultry, reflexes
2016
An ethological approach to determining housing requirements of gamebirds in raised laying units
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour-based needs, gamebird welfare, raised laying units, red-legged partridge, ring-necked pheasant
2015
Feed-restricted broiler breeders: State-dependent learning as a novel welfare assessment tool to evaluate their hunger state?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeder, choice test, feed restriction, preference test, state-dependent learning
2015
Aversion of chickens to various lethal gas mixtures
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, aversion, chickens, disease outbreak, lethal gas mixtures, preference testing
2011
Quantifying hungry broiler breeder dietary preferences using a closed economy T-maze task
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: broiler breeder, choice tests, hunger stress, preference testing, qualitative food restriction, quantitative feed restriction
2011
Too hungry to learn? Hungry broiler breeders fail to learn a Y-maze food quantity discrimination task
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeders, choice test, feed restriction, learning, stress
2011
Behaviour and welfare of broiler breeders fed qualitatively restricted diets during rearing: Are there viable alternatives to quantitative restriction?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, broiler breeder, food restriction, stress
2006
Behaviour of food restricted broilers during rearing and lay–effects of an alternative feeding method
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behaviour, broiler breeder, feeding motivation, food restriction, plasma corticosterone, welfare, white blood cells
2005