Koalas showed limited behavioural response and no physiological response to drones

Authors: Diane Colombelli-Négrel, Imogen Z. Sach, Ian Hough, Jarrod C. Hodgson, Christopher B. Daniels, Sonia Kleindorfer

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: Heart rate monitor, physiology, Sensory disturbance, stress response, UAVs

2023

Happiness, Welfare, and Personality in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: Lauren M Robinson, Natalie K Waran, Ian Handel, Matthew C Leach

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: coping, monkey, psychometrics, temperament, validation

2021

The Effect of Behind-The-Scenes Encounters and Interactive Presentations on the Welfare of Captive Servals (Leptailurus serval)

Authors: Lydia K Acaralp-Rehnberg, Grahame J Coleman, Michael JL Magrath, Vicky Melfi, Kerry V Fanson, Ian M Bland

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: human-animal interaction, live animal encounter programs, small felids, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare

2020

Effects of assembly and operation of an amusement ride on the behaviour of a pair of captive Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica)

Authors: Jessica J. Harley, Jessica Chaisson, Ian Handel

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: construction, novel attractions, zoo animal welfare

2019

A Framework to Assess the Impact of New Animal Management Technologies on Welfare: A Case Study of Virtual Fencing

Authors: Caroline Lee, Ian G. Colditz, Dana L. M. Campbell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, avoidance learning, cattle, cognition, cognitive activation theory of stress, livestock, sheep, virtual fencing

2018

Aggressive behaviour at regrouping is a poor predictor of chronic aggression in stable social groups

Authors: Simon P. Turner, Ian M. Nevison, Suzanne Desire, Irene Camerlink, Rainer Roehe, Sarah H. Ison, Marianne Farish, Mhairi C. Jack, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, cluster analysis, fighting, lesion, pig, social

2017

Happiness is positive welfare in brown capuchins (Sapajus apella)

Authors: Lauren M. Robinson, Natalie K. Waran, Matthew C. Leach, F. Blake Morton, Annika Paukner, Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Ian Handel, Vanessa A. D. Wilson, Sarah F. Brosnan, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: capuchin, personality, primate, stereotypy, subjective well-being, welfare

2016

Animals, Welfare and the Law

Authors: Ian A. Robertson

Publication/Journal: Fundamental Principles for Critical Assessment

Keywords: animal law, animal welfare

2015

Attenuation of social interaction-associated ultrasonic vocalizations and spatial working memory performance in rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress

Authors: Muhammad S. Riaz, Martin O. Bohlen, Barak W. Gunter, Quentin Henry, Craig A. Stockmeier, Ian A. Paul

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anhedonia, cognitive decline, major depression, spatial navigation, sprague dawley rats, stress, ultrasonic vocalizations, unpredictable chronic mild stress (cus), usvs, working memory

2015

The effect of conspecific removal on behavioral and physiological responses of dairy cattle

Authors: J. K. Walker, D. R. Arney, N. K. Waran, I. G. Handel, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, association, calves, conspecific, cows, dairy & animal science, dairy cattle, food science & technology, heifers, immune system, immunoglobulin a, milk, salivary iga, secretory immunoglobulins, separation, serum, social behavior

2015

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