Development of physical activity levels in laying hens in three-dimensional aviaries

Authors: Madison Kozak, Bret Tobalske, Dwight Springthorpe, Bill Szkotnicki, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: accelerometer, aviary, development, laying hens, locomotion, physical activity

2016

Preference for and use of oral enrichment objects in juvenile silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Authors: Anne Lene Hovland, Anne Marit S. Rød, Tarja Koistinen, Leena Ahola

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, preference, silver fox

2016

A preliminary case study of the effect of shoe-wearing on the biomechanics of a horse’s foot

Authors: O. Panagiotopoulou, J. W. Rankin, S. M. Gatesy, J. R. Hutchinson

Publication/Journal: Peerj

Keywords: hoof care, horse, horse racing, horse shoes, welfare

2016

Modification of aviary design reduces incidence of falls, collisions and keel bone damage in laying hens

Authors: Ariane Stratmann, Ernst Konrad Friederich Fröhlich, Sabine Gabriele Gebhardt-Henrich, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek, Hanno Würbel, Michael Jeffrey Toscano

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aviary system, keel bone damage, laying hens, moving behavior

2015

The effect of pre-stun shocks in electrical water-bath stunners on carcase and meat quality in broilers

Authors: M. A. Rao, T. G. Knowles, S. B. Wotton

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, carcase quality, electrical stunning, miss-stun, pre-stun shocks, water-bath stunner

2013

Obligate exudativory characterizes the diet of the pygmy slow loris Nycticebus pygmaeus

Authors: Carly Starr, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: fallback foods, gummivory, radio-tracking, slow loris

2013

The welfare of laying hens in conventional cages and alternative systems: first steps towards a quantitative comparison

Authors: R. Freire, A. Cowling

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cages, egg production, housing, laying hens

2013

The effect of keel fractures on egg-production parameters, mobility and behaviour in individual laying hens

Authors: M. A. F. Nasr, J. Murrell, L. J. Wilkins, C. J. Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, egg production, keel fracture, laying hen, mobility

2012

An alternate and reversible method for flight restraint of cranes

Authors: Sen Lin Zhang, Shu Hui Yang, Bing Li, Yan Chun Xu, Jian Hua Ma, Jian Feng Xu, Xian Guang Zhang

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: barb, barbule, crane, flight restraint, primary feather, vane

2011

Radiographic diagnosis of metabolic bone disease in captive bred mountain chicken frogs (Leptodactylus fallax)

Authors: Jay D. King, Michael C. Muhlbauer, Arlington James

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: anurans, folding fractures, hypocalcemia

2011