Evaluation of the time-activity budgets of captive ducks (Anatidae) compared to wild counterparts
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, behaviour, evidence-based husbandry, pinioning, waterfowl, welfare, wildfowl
2022
Evaluation of the time-activity budgets of captive ducks (Anatidae) compared to wild counterparts
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, behaviour, evidence-based husbandry, pinioning, waterfowl, welfare, wildfowl
2022
Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis
2019
The welfare of ducks during foie gras production
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, control of feeding behaviour, foie gras, force-feeding, liver steatosis, mulard duck
2017
A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes
2016
Energetic constraints and parental care: Is corticosterone indicative of energetic costs of incubation in a precocial bird?
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: brood parasitism, glucocorticoids, parental care, stress endocrinology, waterfowl
2013
Sickness behaviours in ducks include anorexia but not lethargy
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: anorexia, lethargy, lps, pekin duck, sickness behaviour, staphylococcus aureus
2013
Duck’s Not Dead: Does Restocking With Captive Bred Individuals Affect the Genetic Integrity of Wild Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Population?
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: genetic introgression, hybridization, major histocompatibility complex, mtdna, restocking, waterfowl
2012
Factors affecting nest choice by Pekin ducks
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: domestic duck, nest design, nest site selection
2011
Behaviour, synchrony and welfare of Pekin ducks in relation to water use
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, bathing, ducks, synchrony, water supply
2009