Animal welfare research is fascinating, ethical, and useful—but how can it be more rigorous?
Publication/Journal: BMC Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, evidence-based animal care, welfare science
2023
Evaluation of Sound Enrichment in the Behavior of Sapajus xanthosternos (Wied-Neuwied, 1826)(Primates: Cebidae) in Captivity
Publication/Journal: Primate Conservation
Keywords: classical music, non-human primates, sensory enrichment
2022
A Case Study on the Behavioural Effect of Positive Reinforcement Training in a Novel Task Participation Test in Göttingen Mini Pigs
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: clicker training, laboratory pigs, positive reinforcement training, welfare
2021
Cognitive enrichment device provides evidence for intersexual differences in collaborative actions in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)
Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition
Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, cognitive enrichment, collaboration, cooperation, intersexual differences, problem solving, sociality
2021
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
The development of fault bars in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) increases with acute stressors and individual propensity: implications for animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, feather growth, gallus gallus domesticus, psychological stress, stress response, welfare indicator
2019
The effect of cage size on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, cage size, captivity, green anole, reptiles, stress
2019
Effects of a light-colored cotton rug use on horse thermoregulation and behavior indicators of stress
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: cotton rug, equine, thermal stress, thermoregulation, welfare
2019
Human speech reduces pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) feeding and resting at a Peruvian tourist site, with louder volumes decreasing visibility
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: acoustic disturbance, ecotourism, flight initiation, pygmy marmoset
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