Battle of the enrichments: comparing the impact of nutritional and sensory enrichment on the behaviour of captive lowland tapirs Tapirus terrestris

Authors: Ellena Trelfa-Stewart, Louise Cox

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

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2023

Behavioral and physiological assessment of liquid nitrogen cryoablation to prevent horn development in dairy calves

Authors: Mhairi A. Sutherland, Suzanne K. Dowling, Karin E. Schütz, Vanessa M. Cave, Nikki J. Kells, Craig B. Johnson, Mairi Stewart

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, calves, cryoablation, disbudding, welfare

2019

EFFECTS OF “SWIM WITH THE TURTLES” TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ON GREEN SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) HEALTH IN BARBADOS, WEST INDIES

Authors: K. Stewart, T. Norton, H. Mohammed, D. Browne, K. Clements, K. Thomas, T. Yaw, J. Horrocks

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: animal welfare, barbados, biochemistry, birds, blood values, caretta caretta, chelonia mydas, green sea, growth-rates, health, hematology, immunoglobulins, marine turtles, plasma, population, reptiles, southern bahamas, turtle, veterinary sciences

2016

Lambs show changes in ear posture when experiencing pain

Authors: M. J. Guesgen, N. J. Beausoleil, E. O. Minot, M. Stewart, K. J. Stafford, P. C. H. Morel

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, ear posture, emotion, husbandry, lamb, pain

2016

Dairy calves’ preference for rearing substrate

Authors: Gemma Margaret Worth, Karin Elisif Schütz, Mairi Stewart, Vanessa Marion Cave, Mary Foster, Mhairi Anne Sutherland

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, calves, housing, preference, substrate, welfare

2015

Do rubber rings coated with lignocaine reduce the pain associated with ring castration of lambs?

Authors: Mairi Stewart, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Craig B. Johnson, James R. Webster, Karin E. Schütz, Neil Cox, Kevin J. Stafford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, castration, cortisol, lambs, transdermal anaesthesia

2014

Do Chimpanzee Nests Serve an Anti-Predatory Function?

Authors: Fiona A. Stewart, J. D. Pruetz

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bed, nest, predation, savanna chimpanzee, shelter

2013

Effects of two substrate types on the behaviour, cleanliness and thermoregulation of dairy calves

Authors: Mhairi A. Sutherland, Mairi Stewart, Karin E. Schütz

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, calves, housing, substrate, thermoregulation, welfare

2013

Play behavior as an indicator of animal welfare: Disbudding in dairy calves

Authors: Erin M. Mintline, Mairi Stewart, Andrea R. Rogers, Neil R. Cox, Gwyneth A. Verkerk, Joseph M. Stookey, James R. Webster, Cassandra B. Tucker

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, dairy calf, disbudding, pain, play-behavior

2013

Effects of human handling during early rearing on the behaviour of dairy calves

Authors: K. E. Schutz, M. Hawke, J. R. Waas, L. M. McLeay, E. A. M. Bokkers, C. G. van Reenen, J. R. Webster, M. Stewart

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, dairy calves, flight distance, human handling, positive emotions

2012

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