Dolphin Welfare Assessment under Professional Care:‘Willingness to Participate’, an Indicator Significantly Associated with Six Potential ‘Alerting Factors’

Authors: Fabienne Delfour, Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Ruta Vaicekauskaite, Cristina Pilenga, Daniel Garcia-Parraga, Heiko G Rödel, Nuria García Caro, Enrique Perlado Campos, Birgitta Mercera

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: dolphins, human-animal interaction, qualitative behavioural assessment, welfare

2020

The use of Qualitative Behavioural Assessment in zoo welfare measurement and animal husbandry change

Authors: P. Rose, L. Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, evidence-based husbandry, positive challenge, qualitative behavioural assessment

2019

Using Qualitative Behaviour Assessment to Investigate Human-Animal Relationships in Zoo-Housed Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Authors: Freisha Patel, Francoise Wemelsfelder, Samantha J. Ward

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, free choice profiling, HAR, human-animal interaction, keeper-animal interactions, qba

2019

Parity Influences the Demeanor of Sows in Group Housing

Authors: Taya Clarke, John R. Pluske, David W. Miller, Teresa Collins, Patricia A. Fleming

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior, group housing, parity, qba, sow

2018

Application of Free Choice Profiling to assess the emotional state of dogs housed in shelter environments

Authors: Laura Arena, Franҫoise Wemelsfelder, Stefano Messori, Nicola Ferri, Shanis Barnard

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: emotions, free choice profiling, generalised procrustes analysis, qualitative behavioural assessment, shelter dogs, welfare

2017

Assessing dairy cow welfare at the beginning and end of the indoor period using the Welfare Quality® protocol

Authors: S. de Graaf, B. Ampe, F. A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, pasturing, welfare assessment, welfare quality®

2017

How to measure dairy cows’ responsiveness towards humans in breeding and welfare assessment? A comparison of selected behavioural measures and existing breeding traits

Authors: Asja Ebinghaus, Silvia Ivemeyer, Vanessa Lauks, Laura Santos, Kerstin Brügemann, Sven König, Ute Knierim

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: breeding traits, dairy cattle, human-animal relationship, reliability, validity

2017

Inter-observer reliability of Qualitative Behavioural Assessments (QBA) of housed sheep in Norway using fixed lists of descriptors

Authors: K. Muri, S. M. Stubsjøen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, fixed list of descriptors, inter-observer reliability, qualitative behavioural assessments, sheep

2017

Positive perception of human stroking by lambs: Qualitative behaviour assessment confirms previous interpretation of quantitative data

Authors: Maria Serrapica, Xavier Boivin, Marjorie Coulon, Ada Braghieri, Fabio Napolitano

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: human-animal relationship, lamb, qualitative behaviour assessment, stroking

2017

Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of horses exposed to short-term emotional treatments

Authors: Sara Hintze, Eimear Murphy, Iris Bachmann, Francoise Wemelsfelder, Hanno Würbel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural expression, emotional state, free choice profiling, horse, qualitative behaviour assessment

2017

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