Catcalls: exotic cats discriminate the voices of familiar caregivers

Authors: T. Crews, J. Vonk, M. McGuire

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: *Voice/physiology, animals, caregivers, Familiar human, felid, felidae, humans, physiology, pilot projects, psychology, rearing history, recognition, Vocal discrimination

2024

Genetic and environmental parameters for behavioural responses towards humans in farmed ostriches

Authors: Pfunzo T. Muvhali, Maud Bonato, Anel Engelbrecht, Irek A. Malecki, Schalk W. P. Cloete

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, heritability, human-animal relationship, ostrich

2023

Novel object test in farmed fallow deer (Dama dama)–The impact on appearance, diurnal rhythm and behaviour in the foraging area

Authors: Urša Jakopin, Maja Prevolnik Povše, Janko Skok

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: fallow deer, farmed deer, foraging, novel object test

2021

Physical and Physiological Indicators of Welfare in Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) Serving as Ambassador Animals

Authors: David M Powell, Corinne P Kozlowski, John Clark, Alice Seyfried, Eli Baskir, Ashley D Franklin

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animal, domestication, glucocorticoids, welfare, zoo

2020

The burden of domestication: a representative study of welfare in privately owned cats in Denmark

Authors: P. Sandøe, A. P. Nørspang, B. Forkman, C. R. Bjørnvad, S. V. Kondrup, T. B. Lund

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural problems, confinement, health issues, neuter status, purebred cats

2017

Intranasal oxytocin and a polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene are associated with human-directed social behavior in golden retriever dogs

Authors: Mia E. Persson, Agaia J. Trottier, Johan Bélteky, Lina S. V. Roth, Per Jensen

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavior genetics, canine, canine behavior, domestic dog, oxtr, oxytocin, oxytocin receptor gene, social behavior, wolf

2017

Stress response of farmed European abalone reveals rapid domestication process in absence of intentional selection

Authors: Sébastien Lachambre, Rob Day, Pierre Boudry, Sylvain Huchette, Antoine Rio-Cabello, Timothée Fustec, Sabine Roussel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abalone aquaculture, behavioural adaptation, domestication syndrome, farm stressors, immune response, responses to stress

2017

Uncovering the origins of dog–human eye contact: dingoes establish eye contact more than wolves, but less than dogs

Authors: Angie M. Johnston, Courtney Turrin, Lyn Watson, Alyssa M. Arre, Laurie R. Santos

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: domestication, eye contact, interspecific bonding

2017

Why do dogs play? Function and welfare implications of play in the domestic dog

Authors: Rebecca Sommerville, Emily A. O’Connor, Lucy Asher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, domestic dog, function, play

2017

The Wood-Gush legacy: A sociobiology perspective to fertility and welfare in chickens

Authors: Tommaso Pizzari

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, fertility, gallus, inclusive fitness, sexual conflict, sexual selection

2016