Post-natal development of EEG responses to noxious stimulation in pigs (Sus scrofa) aged 1–15 days

Authors: N. J. Kells, N. J. Beausoleil, M. A. Sutherland, C. B. Johnson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, eeg, nociception, pain, pig, tail docking

2019

Humane euthanasia of neonates I: validation of the effectiveness of the Zephyr EXL non-penetrating captive-bolt euthanasia system on neonate piglets up to 10.9 kg live-weight

Authors: A. Grist, J. C. Murrell, J. L. McKinstry, T. G. Knowles, Sb Wotton

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captive bolt, euthanasia, mechanical stunning, piglet, visual evoked potentials

2017

Automated detection and characterisation of rumination in sheep using in vivo electrophysiology

Authors: Alister U. Nicol, Nicholas Perentos, Amadeu Q. Martins, A. Jennifer Morton

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: dysphagia, electroencephalogram, electromyogram, electrooculogram, mastication

2016

Behavioural, brain and cardiac responses to hypobaric hypoxia in broiler chickens

Authors: Jessica E. Martin, Karen Christensen, Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton, Malcolm A. Mitchell, Dorothy E. F. McKeegan

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, hypobaric hypoxia, low atmosphere pressure stunning

2016

Evaluation of the efficacy of a non-penetrating captive bolt to euthanase neonatal goats up to 48 hours of age

Authors: M. A. Sutherland, T. J. Watson, C. B. Johnson, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, electroencephalogram, euthanasia, goats, insensibility, non-penetrating captive bolt

2016

Nitrous oxide as a humane method for piglet euthanasia: Behavior and electroencephalography (EEG)

Authors: Jean-Loup Rault, Nikki Kells, Craig Johnson, Rachel Dennis, Mhairi Sutherland, Donald C. Lay Jr

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aversive, carbon dioxide, death, gas, swine, welfare

2015

Agreement between different sleep states and behaviour indicators in dairy cows

Authors: Emma Ternman, Matti Pastell, Sigrid Agenäs, Corina Strasser, Christoph Winckler, Per Peetz Nielsen, Laura Hänninen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural sleep, dairy cows, eeg, nrem sleep, rem sleep

2014

Evaluation of microwave energy as a humane stunning technique based on electroencephalography (EEG) of anaesthetised cattle

Authors: J. L. Rault, P. H. Hemsworth, P. L. Cakebread, D. J. Mellor, C. B. Johnson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, electromagnetic, euthanasia, insensibility, pre-slaughter, slaughter

2014

Killing wild geese with carbon dioxide or a mixture of carbon dioxide and argon

Authors: M. A. Gerritzen, H. G. M. Reimert, A. Lourens, M. B. M. Bracke, M. T. W. Verhoeven

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, argon, co2, geese, killing, stunning

2013

Assessment of unconsciousness during slaughter without stunning in lambs

Authors: P. Rodríguez, A. Velarde, A. Dalmau, P. Llonch

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, consciousness, eeg, lambs, neck sticking, religious slaughter

2012