Animal agency, animal awareness and animal welfare

Authors: M Špinka

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: affective functioning, animal welfare, awareness, boredom, inter-individual differences, ontogeny

2019

Effect of density and relative aggressiveness on agonistic and affiliative interactions in a newly formed group of horses

Authors: Marc Pierard, Paul McGreevy, Rony Geers

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: affiliative interactions, agonistic interactions, group housing, horse, social behavior

2019

Investigation of social, affective, and locomotor behavior of adolescent Brattleboro rats reveals a link between vasopressin’s actions on arousal and social behavior

Authors: Kelcie C. Schatz, Robert F. Kyne, Stephanie L. Parmeter, Matthew J. Paul

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: adolescence, Anxiety-like behavior, arousal, Brattleboro rat, social development, vasopressin

2018

Aversiveness of husbandry procedures for pre-weaned foals: A comparison using behavioural and physiological indices

Authors: Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Zbigniew Jaworski, Mira Suwała, Magdalena Sobczyńska, Ewa Jastrzębska, Magdalena Ogłuszka, Carol Sankey, Marlena Boroń, Tadeusz Jezierski

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aversiveness, hrv, human-animal relationship, husbandry, konik polski horse, salivary cortisol

2017

Dogs’ coping styles and dog-handler relationships influence avalanche search team performance

Authors: Silvana Diverio, Laura Menchetti, Giacomo Riggio, Costanza Azzari, Martina Iaboni, Renato Zasso, Walter Di Mari, Michele Matteo Santoro

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: avalanche search and rescue dogs, copying style, dog behaviour, dog-handler relationship

2017

The give and take of food sharing in Sumatran orang-utans, Pongo abelii, and chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes

Authors: Katja Liebal, Federico Rossano

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: active food sharing, chimpanzees, offer, prosocial behaviours, request, sumatran orang-utans, taking

2017

Stress coping style does not determine social status, but influences the consequences of social subordination stress

Authors: Gretha J. Boersma, Michael D. Smeltzer, Karen A. Scott, Anton J. Scheurink, Kellie L. Tamashiro, Randall R. Sakai

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: social stress, stress coping style, visual burrow system

2017

Can tail-in-mouth behaviour in weaned piglets be predicted by behaviour and performance?

Authors: Camilla Munsterhjelm, Mari Heinonen, Anna Valros

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: pig, social behaviour, tail-biting, tail-in-mouth

2016

Involvement of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the antidepressant-like effects of selegiline in maternal separation model of mouse

Authors: Shayan Amiri, Hossein Amini-Khoei, Ali Mohammadi-Asl, Sakineh Alijanpour, Arya Haj-Mirzaian, Maryam Rahimi-Balaei, Ali Razmi, Carl O. Olson, Mojgan Rastegar, Mehdi Mehdizadeh, Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: depressive-like behaviors, dopamine receptors, forced swimming test, maternal separation, selegiline, sucrose preference test

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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