A new feeding concept offering speciesappropriate animal enrichment and visitor attraction at the same time

Authors: Viktoria Michel, Marcus Clauss, Dennis WH Müller, Sven Hammer

Publication/Journal: Der Zoologische Garten NF

Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interactions, visitor feeding experience

2021

The Welfare Quality® assessment protocol: how can it be adapted to family farming dual purpose cattle raised under extensive systems in tropical conditions?

Authors: A. Hernandez, C. Berg, S. Eriksson, L. Edstam, A. Orihuela, H. Leon, C. Galina

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, bos indicus, bos taurus, dual purpose cows, sustainability, tropics

2017

A global survey of banteng (Bos javanicus) housing and husbandry

Authors: Lewis J. Rowden, Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: banteng, bos javanicus, evidence-based husbandry, survey, zoo animal welfare

2016

Acoustic analysis of cattle (Bos taurus) mother–offspring contact calls from a source–filter theory perspective

Authors: Mónica Padilla de la Torre, Elodie F. Briefer, Tom Reader, Alan G. McElligott

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, calf, cow, individuality, livestock, vocal communication

2015

Measuring positive emotions in cows: Do visible eye whites tell us anything?

Authors: Helen S. Proctor, Gemma Carder

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: affective states, arousal, cattle, eye whites, positive emotions, welfare assessment

2015

Personality and production: Nervous cows produce less milk

Authors: Louise Hedlund, Hanne Løvlie

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: bos taurus, dairy cattle, neophobia, temperament, vocalization

2015

A comparison of welfare outcomes for weaner and mature Bos indicus bulls surgically or tension band castrated with or without analgesia: 1. Behavioural responses

Authors: J. Carol Petherick, Alison H. Small, David G. Mayer, Ian G. Colditz, Drewe M. Ferguson, Kevin J. Stafford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: beef cattle, castration, ketoprofen, pain, stress

2014

A comparison of welfare outcomes for weaner and mature Bos indicus bulls surgically or tension band castrated with or without analgesia: 2. Responses related to stress, health and productivity

Authors: J. Carol Petherick, Alison H. Small, David G. Mayer, Ian G. Colditz, Drewe M. Ferguson, Kevin J. Stafford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: beef cattle, castration, cortisol, inflammation, ketoprofen, pain

2014

Effect of varying dietary starch and fiber levels and inoculum source (mule deer vs. dairy cow) on simulated rumen fermentation characteristics

Authors: Matthew A. Brooks, Robyn M. Harvey, Nichole F. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Monty S. Kerley

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bos taurus, ndf, odocoileus hemionus, ruminant, volatile fatty acid

2014

Handling and Welfare of Bovine Livestock at Local Abattoirs in Bangladesh

Authors: Murshidul Ahsan, Badrul Hasan, Magnus Algotsson, Sirkku Sarenbo

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: bovine, handling, livestock, slaughtering, welfare

2014