Material and food exploration by zoo‐housed animals can inform cognition and enrichment apparatus design

Authors: Fay E Clark, Lucy Chivers, Olivia Pearson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, enrichment, zoo

2022

Personality and behavioral changes in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) following the death of herd members

Authors: Lucy Rutherford, Lindsay E Murray

Publication/Journal: Integrative Zoology

Keywords: animal behavior, elephants, herd, mortality, personality, socialization

2021

Development of a behavioural welfare assessment tool for routine use with captive elephants

Authors: Lisa Yon, Ellen Williams, Naomi D. Harvey, Lucy Asher

Publication/Journal: PLoS ONE

Keywords: elephant, welfare, welfare assessment

2019

A comparison of inferential analysis methods for multilevel studies: Implications for drawing conclusions in animal welfare science

Authors: Kara N. Stevens, Lucy Asher, Kym Griffin, Mary Friel, Niamh O'Connell, Lisa M. Collins

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, mixed effect models, pig, sample size, study design

2017

Effects of Video Footage Versus Photographs on Perception of Dog Behavioral Traits

Authors: Chloe Pyzer, Lucy Clarke, V. Tamara Montrose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavioral traits, dog adoption, photograph, rehoming, video

2017

An evidence-based decision assistance model for predicting training outcome in juvenile guide dogs

Authors: Naomi D. Harvey, Peter J. Craigon, Simon A. Blythe, Gary C. W. England, Lucy Asher

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: decision assistance model, guide dogs

2017

Impact of maternal stress and nutrition on behavioural and physiological outcomes in young lambs

Authors: J. A. Rooke, G. Arnott, C. M. Dwyer, K. M. D. Rutherford

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, gestation, offspring response, practical application, sheep, stress

2017

Why do dogs play? Function and welfare implications of play in the domestic dog

Authors: Rebecca Sommerville, Emily A. O’Connor, Lucy Asher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, domestic dog, function, play

2017

A survey of sow management at farrowing in the UK

Authors: S. H. Ison, S. Jarvis, K. M. D. Rutherford

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, farrowing, pain, pigs, sow management, survey

2016