Behavioural Indicators of Pain and Suffering in Arthropods and Might Pain Bite Back?
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: Chelicerata, contests, Mandibulata, nociception, pain, traumatic mating, venom
2023
Development of an image-based body condition score for giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis and a comparison of zoo-housed and free-ranging individuals
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: body condition score, free-ranging giraffe, PMS, zoo
2021
Towards more compassionate wildlife research through the 3Rs principles: moving from invasive to non-invasive methods
Publication/Journal: Wildlife Biology
Keywords: 3Rs principles, animal welfare, ecology, reduction, refinement, replacement
2020
Physiological and Behavioral Indicators to Measure Crustacean Welfare
Oxytocin and the warm outer glow: Thermoregulatory deficits cause huddling abnormalities in oxytocin-deficient mouse pups
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: behavioral phenotyping, brown adipose tissue, huddling, mice, oxytocin
2018
Assessment of stun quality after gunshot used on cattle: a pilot study on effects of diverse ammunition on physical signs displayed after the shot, brain tissue damage and brain haemorrhages
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, brain haemorrhage, cattle, gunshot, physical signs, stun quality
2017
The effects of mining machinery noise of different frequencies on the behaviour, faecal corticosterone and tissue morphology of wild mice (Mus musculus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: anthropogenic noise, circling, high frequency, low frequency, mining, stress
2017
INVITED REVIEW: The usefulness of measuring glucocorticoids for assessing animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science
Keywords: 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-1, agriculture, amygdaloid complex, corticosteroid-binding globulin, corticosterone, cortisol, dairy & animal science, electrical-stimulation, free serum, isolation/restraint stress, luteinizing-hormone, pituitary-adrenal axis, plasma corticosteroids, stress responses, tissue cortisol activity, welfare assessment
2016
Long-term alterations in neural and endocrine processes induced by motherhood in mammals
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: behavior, endocrine, neuroendocrine, parity, prolactin, reproductive experience
2016
Natural variation in maternal care and cross-tissue patterns of oxytocin receptor gene methylation in rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: anxiety behavior, concordance, cross-tissue, DNA methylation, epigenetic, maternal care, natural variation, oxtr, oxytocin, oxytocin receptor
2016