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 recognition of canine pain behaviours, and potentially hazardous Catch-Neuter-Return practices by animal care professionals

Authors: H. J. Bacon, H. Walters, V. Vancia, N. Waran

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, canis familiaris, catch-neuter-return, dog, trap-neuter-return, welfare assessment

2019

Canine trap-neuter-return: a critical review of potential welfare issues

Authors: H. Bacon, V. Vancia, H. Walters, N. Waran

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal birth control, animal welfare, assessment, dog population management, dogs, trap-neuter-return

2017

Chimpanzees with positive welfare are happier, extraverted, and emotionally stable

Authors: Lauren M. Robinson, Drew M. Altschul, Emma K. Wallace, Yulán Úbeda, Miquel Llorente, Zarin Machanda, Katie E. Slocombe, Matthew C. Leach, Natalie K. Waran, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, chimpanzee, happiness, pan troglodytes, personality, welfare

2017

What we can measure, we can manage: The importance of using robust welfare indicators in Equitation Science

Authors: Natalie Waran, Hayley Randle

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural expression, happy horse, negative emotion, positive emotion, welfare indicators

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

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

Does owning a companion animal influence the belief that animals experience emotions such as grief?

Authors: J. K. Walker, N. McGrath, I. G. Handel, N. K. Waran, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, companion animal, emotions, grief, public attitudes, separation

2014

The effect of conspecific removal on the behaviour and physiology of pair-housed shelter dogs

Authors: Jessica K. Walker, Natalie K. Waran, Clive J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, behaviour, conspecific separation, cortisol, dog, immunoglobulin a

2014

Body weight affects behavioural indication of thermal nociceptive threshold in adult domestic cats (Felis catus)

Authors: Mark J. Farnworth, Lorelle A. Barrett, Nigel J. Adams, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Margreet Hekman, David G. Thomas, Natalie K. Waran, Kevin J. Stafford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: body condition, cat, co2 laser, nociception, pain assessment, thermal threshold

2013