Parity Influences the Demeanor of Sows in Group Housing

Authors: Taya Clarke, John R. Pluske, David W. Miller, Teresa Collins, Patricia A. Fleming

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior, group housing, parity, qba, sow

2018

Acute social stress-induced immunomodulation in pigs high and low responders to ACTH

Authors: Elodie Bacou, Karine Haurogné, Grégoire Mignot, Marie Allard, Laurence De Beaurepaire, Jordan Marchand, Elena Terenina, Yvon Billon, Julien Jacques, Jean-Marie Bach, Pierre Mormède, Julie Hervé, Blandine Lieubeau

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: catecholamines, cortisol, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, neuroimmunomodulation, pig, stress

2017

The backtest in pigs revisited—Inter-situational behaviour and animal classification

Authors: Manuela Zebunke, Gerd Nürnberg, Nina Melzer, Birger Puppe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: backtest, behaviour tests, classification, coping, personality, pigs

2017

Farmers’ perception of aggression between growing pigs

Authors: Irene Camerlink, Simon P. Turner

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, farmers, perception, pig, survey

2017

Animal welfare: a social networks perspective

Authors: T. K. Kleinhappel, E. A. John, T. W. Pike, A. Wilkinson, O. H. P. Burman

Publication/Journal: Science Progress

Keywords: behavior, complex networks, dominance, education, entire male pigs, feather, fin damage, laying hens, multidisciplinary sciences, optical-flow patterns, pecking, scientific disciplines, single-sex groups, transmission

2016

Behavioral preference for different enrichment objects in a commercial sow herd

Authors: Kristina M. Horback, Meghann K. Pierdon, Thomas D. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment object, group pen, rope, rubber, sow, woodblock

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

Social grooming network in captive chimpanzees: does the wild or captive origin of group members affect sociality?

Authors: M. Leve, C. Sueur, O. Petit, T. Matsuzawa, S. Hirata

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: *tool use, behavior, behavioral development, biomedical-research, differences, early rearing, grooming, group-size, management, mountains-national-park, pan troglodytes, patterns, primates, social network analysis, tanzania, well-being, zoology

2016

A survey of bonobo (Pan paniscus) oral contraceptive pill use in North American zoos

Authors: Mary K. Agnew, Cheryl S. Asa, Victoria L. Clyde, Dominique L. Keller, Audra Meinelt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: birth control pills, bonobo, contraception

2016