Comparison of Two Different Feather Sampling Methods to Measure Corticosterone in Wild Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) and Wild Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, comparative study, cut feathers, feather corticosterone, greater flamingo, less invasive, mallards, plucked feathers, refinement, sex comparison, wild birds
2021
Farmer perspectives on welfare outcome assessment: learnings from four farm assurance scheme consultation exercises
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy, farm assurance schemes, farmer perspectives, laying hens, outcome-based measures
2018
Inter-observer reliability of Qualitative Behavioural Assessments (QBA) of housed sheep in Norway using fixed lists of descriptors
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, fixed list of descriptors, inter-observer reliability, qualitative behavioural assessments, sheep
2017
Nocturnal behavior of orphaned Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) calves in Sri Lanka
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, elephas maximus, nocturnal behavior, rehabilitation, resting behavior
2017
Natural variation in maternal care and cross-tissue patterns of oxytocin receptor gene methylation in rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: anxiety behavior, concordance, cross-tissue, DNA methylation, epigenetic, maternal care, natural variation, oxtr, oxytocin, oxytocin receptor
2016
On-farm qualitative behaviour assessment in sheep: Repeated measurements across time, and association with physical indicators of flock health and welfare
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based outcomes, consistency, qualitative behaviour assessment, sheep
2016
Inter-observer reliability of Qualitative Behavioural Assessments of sheep
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: inter-observer reliability, qualitative behaviour assessment, sheep
2013
Stability of social hierarchy in growing female pigs and pregnant sows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
2012
The free-exploratory paradigm as a model of trait anxiety in rats: Test–retest reliability
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: animal model, free-exploratory paradigm, test–retest, trait anxiety
2009
Female polar bears, Ursus maritimus, on the Barents Sea drift ice: walking the treadmill
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: animal active movement, arctic ocean, barents sea, female, field study, fissipedia, geographic distribution, habitat, ice drift, investigation method, migration, satellite tracking, seasonal variation, ursus maritimus
2003