The Iconic Philippine Coral Reef at Steinhart Aquarium: The Husbandry, Welfare, Behavior, and Veterinary Care Considerations of a Large Multi-Taxa Living Coral Reef System

Authors: Lana Krol, Brenda Melton, J. Charles Delbeek, Freeland H. Dunker, Bart Shepherd

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic animal medicine, coral husbandry, coral reefs, public aquariums

2023

Consequences Matter: Compassion in Conservation Means Caring for Individuals, Populations and Species

Authors: Paul J. Johnson, Vanessa M. Adams, Doug P. Armstrong, Sandra E. Baker, Duan Biggs, Luigi Boitani, Alayne Cotterill, Emma Dale, Holly O'Donnell, David J. T. Douglas, Egil Droge, John G. Ewen, Ruth E. Feber, Piero Genovesi, Clive Hambler, Bart J. Harmsen, Lauren A. Harrington, Amy Hinks, Joelene Hughes, Lydia Katsis, Andrew Loveridge, Axel Moehrenschlager, Christopher O'Kane, Meshach Pierre, Steve Redpath, Lovemore Sibanda, Pritpal Soorae, Mark Stanley Price, Peter Tyrrell, Alexandra Zimmermann, Amy Dickman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: compassion, consequentialism, ethics, virtue

2019

An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Accuracy and registration success in a free-range area

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, Bart Ampe, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bert Reubens, Jarissa Maselyne, Shaojie Zhuang, Johan Criel, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: accuracy, outdoor, poultry, signal reception, ultra-wideband, vegetation

2018

An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Effects of wearing a backpack on behaviour, leg health and production

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bart Ampe, Bert Reubens, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: body weight, broiler chicken, habituation, position monitoring, ultra-wideband, welfare

2018

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

Effect of free-range access, shelter type and weather conditions on free-range use and welfare of slow-growing broiler chickens

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bart Ampe, Bert Reubens, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: artificial shelter, fearfulness, leg health, outdoor, poultry, short rotation coppice

2017

Opinion of applied ethologists on expectation bias, blinding observers and other debiasing techniques

Authors: Frank A. M. Tuyttens, Lisanne Stadig, Jasper L. T. Heerkens, Eva Van laer, Stephanie Buijs, Bart Ampe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, animal behaviour, blinding, confirmation bias, context effects, observer bias

2016

Immediate effects of capture on nest visits of breeding blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus, are substantial

Authors: Emmi Schlicht, Bart Kempenaers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: blue tit, capture, cyanistes caeruleus, feeding, handling, human disturbance, nest visit, parental care, trapping

2015

Summertime use of natural versus artificial shelter by cattle in nature reserves

Authors: E. Van Laer, C. P. H. Moons, B. Ampe, B. Sonck, J. Vangeyte, F. A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, artificial shelter, cattle, nature conservation, temperate climate, vegetation

2015

Wintertime use of natural versus artificial shelter by cattle in nature reserves in temperate areas

Authors: Eva Van laer, Bart Ampe, Christel Moons, Bart Sonck, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: artificial shelter, cold stress, natural shelter, temperate climate, thermal comfort, vegetation

2015

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