Dilemmas for Natural Living Concepts of Zoo Animal Welfare

Authors: Mark James Learmonth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal ethics, animal welfare, human-animal interactions, natural living, wilding, zoo animals

2019

Natural variation in maternal care and cross-tissue patterns of oxytocin receptor gene methylation in rats

Authors: Annaliese K. Beery, Lisa M. McEwen, Julia L. MacIsaac, Darlene D. Francis, Michael S. Kobor

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anxiety behavior, concordance, cross-tissue, DNA methylation, epigenetic, maternal care, natural variation, oxtr, oxytocin, oxytocin receptor

2016

Behaviour epigenetics – The connection between environment, stress and welfare

Authors: Per Jensen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: epigenetics, genetics, methylation, stress, welfare

2014

The role of genes, epigenetics and ontogeny in behavioural development

Authors: T. Bas Rodenburg

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, epigenetics, genetics, maternal care, ontogeny

2014

Acute stress affects the corticosterone level in bird eggs: A case study with great tits (Parus major)

Authors: Marianne Pitk, Vallo Tilgar, Priit Kilgas, Raivo Mänd

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: albumen steroids, behavior, birds, glucocorticoids, hormones, maternal effects, maternal stress

2012

Experience-facilitated improvements in pup retrieval; evidence for an epigenetic effect

Authors: Danielle S. Stolzenberg, Jacqueline S. Stevens, Emilie F. Rissman

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: cbp, epigenetics, hdac inhibition, maternal experience, oxytocin, sodium butyrate

2012

Transgenerational Effects of Early Experience on Behavioral, Hormonal and Gene Expression Responses to Acute Stress in the Precocial Chicken

Authors: V.C. Goerlich, D. Nätt, M. Elfwing, B. Macdonald, P. Jensen

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticotropin releasing hormone receptor, early growth response, gene expression, postnatal stress, steroid hormones, transgenerational effects

2012

Domestication, selection, behaviour and welfare of animals — genetic mechanisms for rapid responses

Authors: P. Jensen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, chicken, gene expression, linkage, pleiotropy, tameness

2010

Early social experience influences the development of stereotypic behaviour in captive-born striped mice Rhabdomys

Authors: Megan Anne Jones, Georgia Mason, Neville Pillay

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: biparental care, early experience, paternal care, social enrichment, stereotypic behaviour, striped mouse, weaning age

2010