Assessment of Indoor Air Quality for Group-Housed Macaques (Macaca spp.)

Authors: Annemiek Maaskant, Isabel Janssen, Inge M Wouters, Frank JCM van Eerdenburg, Edmond J Remarque, Jan AM Langermans, Jaco Bakker

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: air quality, airborne fungi, ammonia, dust, endotoxin, humidity, non-human primate, ventilation rate

2022

The influence of feeding opportunities of six zoohoused Giraffa camelopardalis rothschild: The influence of feeding opportunities

Authors: Esther Magdalene Ellersgaard Enevoldsen, Katrine Møller-Lassesen, Ninna Larsen, Oliver Emil Søndergård Gert, Rune Holmegaard, Stine Ellegård Jensen, Cino Pertoldi, Trine Hammer Jensen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, K Johansen

Publication/Journal: Genetics and Biodiversity Journal

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, ethology, feeding, giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, noctournal behavior, ruminants, stereotypical behavior, zoo

2022

An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to Evaluate the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mammals’ Conservation: The Case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Maria Michela Spiriti, Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Silvia Colleoni, Cesare Galli, Frank Göritz, Robert Hermes, Susanne Holtze, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, Jan Stejskal, Samuel Mutisya, David Ndeereh, Stephen Ngulu, Richard Vigne, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies, conservation ethics, ethical review process, ethical risk assessment, ethical self-assessment, northern white rhinoceros

2021

Body language: Its importance for communication with horses

Authors: Jan Ladewig

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: body language, communication, equine, handling, safety

2019

Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics

Authors: Christian Nawroth, Jan Langbein, Marjorie Coulon, Vivian Gabor, Susann Oesterwind, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Eberhard von Borell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep

2019

The importance of hormonal circadian rhythms in daily feeding patterns: An illustration with simulated pigs

Authors: Iris J. M. M. Boumans, Imke J. M. de Boer, Gert Jan Hofstede, Susanne E. la Fleur, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: alternans pattern, circadian rhythm, cortisol, decision-making, energy balance, feeding behaviour, melatonin, modelling, motivation, pig

2017

Agent-based modelling in applied ethology: An exploratory case study of behavioural dynamics in tail biting in pigs

Authors: Iris J. M. M. Boumans, Gert Jan Hofstede, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Imke J. M. de Boer, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agent-based model, behavioural patterns, motivation, tail biting behaviour, time-budget, welfare

2016

Effect of predictability on the stress response to chasing in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr

Authors: Angelico Madaro, Anders Fernö, Tore S. Kristiansen, Rolf Erik Olsen, Marnix Gorissen, Gert Flik, Jonatan Nilsson

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: allostasis, conditioning, habituation, predictability, salmon, stress

2016

Impact of structural and cognitive enrichment on the learning performance, behavior and physiology of dwarf goats (Capra aegagrus hircus)

Authors: Susann Oesterwind, Gerd Nürnberg, Birger Puppe, Jan Langbein

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cognitive enrichment, dwarf goat, open field, saliva cortisol, structural enrichment, visual-discrimination learning

2016

Management and design of hospital pens relative to behavior of the compromised dairy cow: A questionnaire survey of Iowa dairy farms

Authors: Katrine K. Fogsgaard, Mette S. Herskin, Patrick J. Gorden, Leo L. Timms, Jan K. Shearer, Suzanne T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, hospital pens, sickness behavior

2016

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