Behavioural Indicators of Pain and Suffering in Arthropods and Might Pain Bite Back?

Authors: Robert W. Elwood

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Chelicerata, contests, Mandibulata, nociception, pain, traumatic mating, venom

2023

Characterization of Current Husbandry and Veterinary Care Practices of the Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) Using an Online Survey

Authors: Ashley J. Kirby, Julie A. Balko, Caroline E. C. Goertz, Gregory A. Lewbart

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences

Keywords: anesthesia, octopus, sedation, veterinary

2023

Is Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Wounding Frequency Affected by the Presence Versus Absence of Visitors? A Multi-Institutional Study

Authors: Robin Elana Salak, Christina Cloutier Barbour

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: chimpanzee, COVID-19, pan troglodytes, visitor effects, welfare, wounding, zoos

2022

Commonalities in Management and Husbandry Factors Important for Health and Welfare of Captive Elephants in North America and Thailand

Authors: Janine L Brown, Pakkanut Bansiddhi, Jaruwan Khonmee

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: asian elephant, body condition, glucocorticoids, glucose, health, insulin, lipids, North America, Thailand, tourist camps, welfare, zoos

2020

Welfare Effects of the Use of a Combination of Local Anesthesia and NSAID for Disbudding Analgesia in Dairy Calves—Reviewed Across Different Welfare Concerns

Authors: Mette S. Herskin, Bodil H. Nielsen

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: affective state, behavior, dehorning, local anesthesia, NSAID, pain, welfare

2018

Stress coping style does not determine social status, but influences the consequences of social subordination stress

Authors: Gretha J. Boersma, Michael D. Smeltzer, Karen A. Scott, Anton J. Scheurink, Kellie L. Tamashiro, Randall R. Sakai

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: social stress, stress coping style, visual burrow system

2017

Experimental Control for the Ovariectomized Rat Model: Use of Sham Versus Nonmanipulated Animal

Authors: Marlena C. Kruger, Patrick C. H. Morel

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal experimentation, laboratory rats

2016

Effect of temperature and diet on wound healing in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Authors: L. B. Jensen, T. Wahli, C. McGurk, T. B. Eriksen, A. Obach, R. Waagbo, A. Handler, C. Tafalla

Publication/Journal: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Keywords: ascorbic-acid, atlantic salmon, biochemistry & molecular biology, chemokine, cyprinus-carpio l., disease, european sea bass, fish, fisheries, histology, innate immune parameters, lepeophtheirus-salmonis, mucous cells, physiology, quantitative, rainbow-trout, strawberry, trout oncorhynchus-mykiss, vitamin-c, wound healing

2015

Welfare outcomes for 3- and 6-month-old beef calves in a tropical environment castrated surgically or by applying rubber rings

Authors: J. Carol Petherick, Alison H. Small, David J. Reid, Ian G. Colditz, Drewe M. Ferguson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: beef cattle, castration, pain, stress

2015

A comparison of welfare outcomes for weaner and mature Bos indicus bulls surgically or tension band castrated with or without analgesia: 2. Responses related to stress, health and productivity

Authors: J. Carol Petherick, Alison H. Small, David G. Mayer, Ian G. Colditz, Drewe M. Ferguson, Kevin J. Stafford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: beef cattle, castration, cortisol, inflammation, ketoprofen, pain

2014

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