A Framework for Using Epidemiology in Animal Welfare Science

Authors: F. Mata

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords:

2023

The Zone Overlap Index: A new measure of shared resource use in the zoo

Authors: J. E. Brereton, P. E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biol

Keywords: animal, animals, compatibility, enclosure design, housing, humans, mixed-species enclosure, Pianka Niche Overlap Index, proximity, zoo

2023

A Framework for Using Epidemiology in Animal Welfare Science

Authors: F Mata

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, case-control, cohort, cross-sectional, epidemiology

2021

The physiological significance of the circadian dynamics of the HPA axis: Interplay between circadian rhythms, allostasis and stress resilience

Authors: Rohit Rao, Ioannis P. Androulakis

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: allostasis, chronopharmacology, circadian rhythms, glucocorticoids, hpa axis, mathematical modeling, stress resilience

2019

Technical Contribution: A Cautionary Note on the Use of Behavioural Diversity (H-Index) in Animal Welfare Science

Authors: K. A. Cronin, S. R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural diversity, H-index, shannon-wiener diversity index, welfare metrics, well-being

2019

A cage-based training, cognitive testing and enrichment system optimized for rhesus macaques in neuroscience research

Authors: A. Calapai, M. Berger, M. Niessing, K. Heisig, R. Brockhausen, S. Treue, A. Gail

Publication/Journal: Behavior Research Methods

Keywords: acquisition, animal, animal welfare, automated testing, baboons papio-papio, behavioral management, cognitive neuroscience, computerized test systems, cortex, environmental enrichment, experimental, housing, macaca-mulatta, mathematical, monkey, mt neurons, non-human primates, parietal, performance, psychology, receptive-field, representation

2017

CATOS (Computer Aided Training/Observing System): Automating animal observation and training

Authors: J. Oh, W. T. Fitch

Publication/Journal: Behavior Research Methods

Keywords: animal welfare, apparatus, automated animal training, automatic, cognitive performance, experimental, gamification, mathematical, open-source system, psychology, screen, system

2017

Modeling Interventions in the Owned Cat Population to Decrease Numbers, Knox County, TN

Authors: Evan P. Lancaster, Suzanne Lenhart, Ejebagom J. Ojogbo, Steven I. Rekant, Janelle R. Scott, Heidi Weimer, John C. New

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: mathematical model, owned cat population, spay strategies

2016

Thermoregulatory response in hair sheep and shorn wool sheep

Authors: C. G. Titto, C. J. Verissimo, A. M. F. Pereira, A. D. Geraldo, L. M. Katiki, E. A. L. Titto

Publication/Journal: Small Ruminant Research

Keywords: adaptability, heat challenge, thermotolerance index

2016

Flocking for food or flockmates?

Authors: Lucy Asher, Lisa M. Collins, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Christine J. Nicol

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agent-based model, group cohesion, group movements, laying hens, leadership

2013