An investigation into the Behavior, Sociality and Enclosure Use of Group-Housed Lions and Tigers

Authors: Elena Giulia Galardi, Martina Fabbroni, Fabio A Rausa, Richard Preziosi, James Edward Brereton, Giovanni Quintavalle

Publication/Journal: MedDocs

Keywords: affiliative behavior, felid, keeper, panthera leo, panthera tigris, paw treading, social interaction, social network

2021

What Is so Positive about Positive Animal Welfare?—A Critical Review of the Literature

Authors: Alistair B. Lawrence, Belinda Vigors, Peter Sandøe

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: critical review, happiness, positive affective engagement, positive animal welfare, positive emotions, quality of life

2019

Cognitive bias and paw preference in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)

Authors: Deborah L. Wells, Peter G. Hepper, Adam D. S. Milligan, Shanis Barnard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, *choice behavior, *cognitive bias, *lateral dominance, *preferences, animal sex differences, dogs, motor processes

2017

Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dogs in the shelter and home environment and relationship with quantitative behaviour assessment and physiological responses

Authors: Jessica K. Walker, Arnja R. Dale, Richard B. D’Eath, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural expression, canis familiaris, dog, saliva cortisol, shelter

2016

Assessing the safety of collars used to attach predation deterrent devices and ID tags to pet cats

Authors: M. C. Calver, G. Adams, W. Clark, K. H. Pollock

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cat collar, felis catus, pet cats, urban wildlife, wildlife protection

2013

Distress of Mice Induces Approach Behavior But has an Aversive Property for Conspecifics

Authors: S. Watanabe

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: conditioned place aversion, empathy, social cognition

2012

Effects of human–dog familiarity on dogs’ behavioural responses to petting

Authors: Franziska Kuhne, Johanna C. Hößler, Rainer Struwe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural response, dog, human–dog interaction, tactile communication

2012

The influence of cerebral lateralisation on the behaviour of the racing greyhound

Authors: Luke A. Schneider, Paul H. Delfabbro, Nicholas R. Burns

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: brain, dog, greyhound, lateralisation, paw preference

2012

The Ontogenesis of Lateralized Behavior in the Domestic Cat, Felis silvestris catus

Authors: D.L. Wells, S. Millsopp

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: cats, development, handedness, laterality, paw preferences

2012

Relationship between growth rate and oral manipulation, social nosing, and aggression in finishing pigs

Authors: Irene Camerlink, Piter Bijma, Bas Kemp, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affiliative behaviour, average daily gain, indirect genetic effects, swine, tail-biting

2012

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