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Bottlenose dolphins’(Tursiops Truncatus) Visual and Motor Laterality Depending on Emotional Contexts

Authors: Aviva Charles, Birgitta Mercera, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: cetaceans, emotion, laterality, tursiops-truncatus, visual processing, welfare

2021

Aquarium cichlid fish Tropheus Moorii flexibly adjust hierarchy when tank fish species composition changes: A pilot study

Authors: Elisabetta Palagi, Roberto Barbuti, Ivan Norscia

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: dyadic aggression, fish composition management, hierarchical adjustment, socio-environmental perturbation, winner-loser matrix

2020

Extensive human presence and regular gentle handling improve growth, survival and immune competence in ostrich chicks

Authors: Pfunzo T. Muvhali, Maud Bonato, Anel Engelbrecht, Irek A. Malecki, Schalk W. P. Cloete

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, human-animal interactions, immunity, performance, struthio camelus

2020

The correlation between alopecia and temperament in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at four primate facilities

Authors: Kristine Coleman, Corrine K. Lutz, Julie M. Worlein, Daniel H. Gottlieb, Emily Peterson, Grace H. Lee, Nicola D. Robertson, Kendra Rosenberg, Mark T. Menard, Melinda A. Novak

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: anxiety, behavioral inhibition, hair loss, husbandry practices

2017

Pinch-induced behavioural inhibition (clipthesia) as a restraint method for cats during veterinary examinations: preliminary results on cat susceptibility and welfare

Authors: V. Nuti, C. Cantile, A. Gazzano, C. Sighieri, C. Mariti

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cat, clipnosis, clipthesia, scruffing, veterinary examination

2016

Rapid recovery of the cortisol response following social subordination in rainbow trout

Authors: Brett M. Culbert, Kathleen M. Gilmour

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: food intake, hpi axis, oncorhynchus-mykiss, social stress, specific growth rate, subordinate behaviour

2016

Anxiety-like, novelty-seeking and memory/learning behavioral traits in male Wistar rats submitted to early weaning

Authors: Mabel Carneiro Fraga, Egberto Gaspar de Moura, Natália da Silva Lima, Patrícia C. Lisboa, Elaine de Oliveira, Juliana Oliveira Silva, Sylvio Claudio-Neto, Cláudio C. Filgueiras, Yael Abreu-Villaça, Alex C. Manhães

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, early weaning, learning, memory, motor activity, novelty-seeking

2014

Human–animal interface: The effects of handler’s stress on the performance of canines in an explosive detection task

Authors: Salman Zubedat, Shlomit Aga-Mizrachi, Adi Cymerblit-Sabba, Jonathan Shwartz, Joseph Fiko Leon, Shlomo Rozen, Itay Varkovitzky, Yuval Eshed, Dan Grinstein, Avi Avital

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anxiety, attention, canine, explosive detection, handler, stress

2014

Stress inhibits psychomotor performance differently in simple and complex open field environments

Authors: Jamshid Faraji, Nabiollah Soltanpour, Seyed Yaghoob Jafari, Reza Moeeini, Shiva Pakdel, Alireza Moharreri, Gerlinde A. S. Metz

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, environment, exploration, motor behavior, novelty-seeking, open field, restraint stress, ziggurat task

2014

Behavioural and physiological responses of heifer calves to acute stressors: Long-term consistency and relationship with adult reactivity to milking

Authors: Cornelis G. Van Reenen, Jozef T. N. Van der Werf, Niamh E. O’Connell, Leonie F. M. Heutinck, Hans A. M. Spoolder, R. Bryan Jones, Jaap M. Koolhaas, Harry J. Blokhuis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural test, dairy cattle, development, fearfulness, hpa axis, individual differences, temperament

2013

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