Observational approaches to chimpanzee behavior in an African sanctuary: Implications for research, welfare, and capacity-building

Authors: Alexandra G. Rosati, Kris H. Sabbi, Margaret A. H. Bryer, Paige Barnes, Joshua Rukundo, Titus Mukungu, Phillip Sekulya, Innocent Ampeire, Hillary Aligumisiriza, Stanley Kyama, Joseph Masereka, Winnie Nabukeera, Amos Okello, Boris Waiga, Seezi Atwijuze, Natalia Camargo Peña, Averill Cantwell, Elisa Felsche, Kelly Flores-Mendoza, Safa Mohamed, Isabelle Monroe, Megan Mulhinch, Kathleen O'Gorman, Julia Salamango, Rayna Shamah, Emily Otali, Richard W. Wrangham, Zarin P. Machanda

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, capacity building, observations, sanctuaries, welfare

2023

Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare

Authors: Jonathan L. Webb, Jennie A. H. Crawley, Martin W. Seltmann, Oceane Liehrmann, Nicola Hemmings, U. Kyaw Nyein, Htoo Htoo Aung, Win Htut, Virpi Lummaa, Mirkka Lahdenpera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural assessment, ethogram, observational study, reliability, stress

2020

Personality types vary in their personal and social information use

Authors: Judith A. H. Smit, Kees van Oers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: personal information, personality, sampling behaviour, social information, video

2019

Attitudes of beef producers to disbudding and perception of pain in cattle

Authors: I. Wikman, A. H. Hokkanen, M. Pastell, T. Kauppinen, A. Valros, L. Hänninen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitude, beef producer, cattle pain, disbudding, human-animal relationship

2016

Ten practical realities for institutional animal care and use committees when evaluating protocols dealing with fish in the field

Authors: S. J. Cooke, A. D. M. Wilson, C. K. Elvidge, R. J. Lennox, N. Jepsen, A. H. Colotelo, R. S. Brown

Publication/Journal: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Keywords: animal care, atlantic salmon, catch-and-release, conservation, ethics, field research, fisheries, fresh-water fauna, marine & freshwater biology, rainbow-trout, research, sockeye-salmon, stress, telemetry transmitters, welfare, wildlife research

2016

Development of automatic surveillance of animal behaviour and welfare using image analysis and machine learned segmentation technique

Authors: M. Nilsson, A. H. Herlin, H. Ardo, O. Guzhva, K. Astrom, C. Bergsten

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: agriculture, behaviour analysis, computer vision, dairy & animal science, house, image segmentation, pigs, ratio of areas, temperature, thermal comfort, veterinary sciences

2015

Perceptions and practices of Finnish dairy producers on disbudding pain in calves

Authors: A. H. Hokkanen, I. Wikman, T. Korhonen, M. Pastell, A. Valros, O. Vainio, L. Hänninen

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: calf welfare, disbudding-related pain, management practice, producer perception

2015

Personality tests predict responses to a spatial-learning task in mallards, Anas platyrhynchos

Authors: Christophe A. H. Bousquet, Odile Petit, Mathilde Arrivé, Jean-Patrice Robin, Cédric Sueur

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural flexibility, learning, mallards, maze, personality

2015

The welfare of performing animals: A Historical Perspective

Authors: David A. H. Wilson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: performing animals, welfare

2015

Effects of feather pecking phenotype (severe feather peckers, victims and non-peckers) on serotonergic and dopaminergic activity in four brain areas of laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Authors: Marjolein S. Kops, Elske N. de Haas, T. Bas Rodenburg, Esther D. Ellen, Gerdien A. H. Korte-Bouws, Berend Olivier, O. Güntürkün, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, S. Mechiel Korte

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: feather pecking behavior, laying hens, monoamines, ocd, thalamopallial circuit

2013

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