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
Conducting sensitive social science research about on-farm animal welfare incidents: challenges and approaches
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, human-farm animal relationships, participant recruitment, sensitive research, social science, the republic of ireland
2016
Elevated corticosterone during egg production elicits increased maternal investment and promotes nestling growth in a wild songbird
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: begging, egg, glucocorticoid, house wren, life history, maternal effect
2016
Kangaroo harvesters and the euthanasia of orphaned young-at-foot: applying the theory of planned behaviour to an animal welfare issue
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, commercial harvesting, kangaroo, social psychology, theory of planned behaviour
2016
Development and validation of a quality of life assessment tool for use in kennelled dogs (Canis familiaris)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: assessment, domestic dog, kennel, quality of life, shelter, validation, welfare
2014
Pre-feeding behaviour in UK leisure horses and associated feeding routine risk factors
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, diet, horse, management, nutritional supplements, stereotypies
2014
Evaluation of Reproduction and Raising Offspring in a Nursery-Reared SPF Baboon (Papio hamadryas anubis) Colony
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: abortion, baboon, live birth rate, mothering score, nursery-rearing, reproduction
2013
Information transfer in head-on encounters between leaf-cutting ant workers: food, trail condition or orientation cues?
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: ant foraging, atta cephalotes, leaf-cutting ant, recruitment, trail traffic
2010
Can ant colonies choose a far-and-away better nest over an in-the-way poor one?
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: ant, collective decision, individual choice, nest site, switching behavior, switching behaviour, temnothorax albipennis
2008
Characteristics of a world-class zoo or aquarium in the 21st century
Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook
Keywords: 21st century, co-operation, conservation, husbandry, organizational structure, recruitment, technology, world class, zoo and aquarium associations
2007