Case control study on environmental, nutritional and management-based risk factors for tail-biting in long-tailed pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, environment, feeding, pig, risk factor, tail-biting
2018
Evaluating measures of exploratory behaviour in sows around farrowing and during lactation—A pilot study
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: energy status, exploration, lactation, manipulable object, novel object, sow
2017
Attitudes of beef producers to disbudding and perception of pain in cattle
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, attitude, beef producer, cattle pain, disbudding, human-animal relationship
2016
Can tail-in-mouth behaviour in weaned piglets be predicted by behaviour and performance?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: pig, social behaviour, tail-biting, tail-in-mouth
2016
The effect of a pressure vest on the behaviour, salivary cortisol and urine oxytocin of noise phobic dogs in a controlled test
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, cortisol, dog, noise phobia, oxytocin, pressure vest
2016
Application of the Welfare Quality® animal welfare assessment system in Finnish pig production, part I: Identification of principal components
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, growing pig, internal consistency, principal component analysis, sow, welfare quality®
2015
Application of the Welfare Quality® animal welfare assessment system in Finnish pig production, part II: Associations between animal-based and environmental measures of welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based welfare measures, environmental welfare measures, pig, principal component analysis, welfare quality®
2015
Effects of prepartum housing environment on abnormal behaviour, the farrowing process, and interactions with circulating oxytocin in sows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: farrowing duration, farrowing environment, oxytocin, sow, stereotype, stillbirth
2015
Evidence for a link between tail biting and central monoamine metabolism in pigs (Sus scrofa domestica)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: dopamine, neurotransmission, pig, serotonin, tail-biting
2015
Perceptions and practices of Finnish dairy producers on disbudding pain in calves
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: calf welfare, disbudding-related pain, management practice, producer perception
2015