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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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“I am going to groom you”: Multiple forms of play fighting in gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)

Authors: Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal aggressive behavior, animal grooming behavior, animal play, animal sexual behavior, lemurs

2018

Playful pigs: Evidence of consistency and change in play depending on litter and developmental stage

Authors: S. M. Brown, R. Peters, I. M. Nevison, A. B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: growth, litter differences, piglet, play, weaning

2018

Aggressive behaviour at regrouping is a poor predictor of chronic aggression in stable social groups

Authors: Simon P. Turner, Ian M. Nevison, Suzanne Desire, Irene Camerlink, Rainer Roehe, Sarah H. Ison, Marianne Farish, Mhairi C. Jack, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, cluster analysis, fighting, lesion, pig, social

2017

Impact of prenatal stress and environmental enrichment prior to weaning on activity and social behaviour of piglets (Sus scrofa)

Authors: Sophie Brajon, Nadine Ringgenberg, Stephanie Torrey, Renée Bergeron, Nicolas Devillers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: comfort, emotional reactivity, exploration, housing enrichment, prenatal stress, social behaviour

2017

Learning to play: A review and theoretical investigation of the developmental mechanisms and functions of cetacean play

Authors: Heather M. Hill, Sarah Dietrich, Briana Cappiello

Publication/Journal: Learning & Behavior

Keywords: cetacean, development, play, social learning

2017

What is play fighting and what is it good for?

Authors: Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis

Publication/Journal: Learning & Behavior

Keywords: reciprocity, tactics, targets

2017

Emotions after victory or defeat assessed through qualitative behavioural assessment, skin lesions and blood parameters in pigs

Authors: Irene Camerlink, Mieke Peijnenburg, Françoise Wemelsfelder, Simon P. Turner

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, emotions, pig, qualitative behavioural assessment

2016

Nasal temperature drop in response to a playback of conspecific fights in chimpanzees: A thermo-imaging study

Authors: Fumihiro Kano, Satoshi Hirata, Tobias Deschner, Verena Behringer, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, emotion, great ape, skin temperature, thermo-imaging

2016

Relationship between behavioural tests and agonistic interactions at different age levels in pigs

Authors: K. Scheffler, E. Stamer, I. Traulsen, J. Krieter

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, backtest, behaviour, human approach test, pig

2016

Application of the Welfare Quality® animal welfare assessment system in Finnish pig production, part I: Identification of principal components

Authors: C. Munsterhjelm, M. Heinonen, A. Valros

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, growing pig, internal consistency, principal component analysis, sow, welfare quality®

2015

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