Parity Influences the Demeanor of Sows in Group Housing
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
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
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: backtest, behaviour tests, classification, coping, personality, pigs
2017
Farmers’ perception of aggression between growing pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, farmers, perception, pig, survey
2017
Impact of prenatal stress and environmental enrichment prior to weaning on activity and social behaviour of piglets (Sus scrofa)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: comfort, emotional reactivity, exploration, housing enrichment, prenatal stress, social behaviour
2017
Animal welfare: a social networks perspective
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
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
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?
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
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: birth control pills, bonobo, contraception
2016