Physical and Physiological Indicators of Welfare in Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) Serving as Ambassador Animals
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: ambassador animal, domestication, glucocorticoids, welfare, zoo
2020
The provision of toys to pigs can improve the human-animal relationship
Publication/Journal: Porcine Health Management
Keywords: environmental enrichment, human-animal relationship, play behaviour, positive emotions, strange person test, tail movement
2020
Does the location of enrichment material affect behavior and dirtiness in growing female pigs?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: enrichment material, exploratory behavior, pigs, social behavior, wood
2019
Effects of parity and litter size on cortisol measures in commercially housed sows and their offspring
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: birth weight, hair cortisol, pigs, salivary cortisol, stress
2019
Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep
2019
Post-natal development of EEG responses to noxious stimulation in pigs (Sus scrofa) aged 1–15 days
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, eeg, nociception, pain, pig, tail docking
2019
Case control study on environmental, nutritional and management-based risk factors for tail-biting in long-tailed pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, environment, feeding, pig, risk factor, tail-biting
2018
Playful pigs: Evidence of consistency and change in play depending on litter and developmental stage
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: growth, litter differences, piglet, play, weaning
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
Aggressive behaviour at regrouping is a poor predictor of chronic aggression in stable social groups
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, cluster analysis, fighting, lesion, pig, social
2017