Survival improvements of marine mammals in zoological institutions mirror historical advances in human longevity
Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Keywords: adult mortality, first-year mortality, life expectancy, lifespan equality, population welfare
2023
The Neurobiology of Behavior and Its Applicability for Animal Welfare: A Review
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: emotions, learning, neurobiology, Panksepp, welfare, well-being
2022
Caretaker Score Reliability for Personality Assessment of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal keeper, animal personality, behaviour, captivity, dolphinarium, intra-rater dependence, temperament, welfare, zoo
2021
The Welfare Quality® assessment protocol: how can it be adapted to family farming dual purpose cattle raised under extensive systems in tropical conditions?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, bos indicus, bos taurus, dual purpose cows, sustainability, tropics
2017
Mother–young behaviours at lambing in grazing ewes: Effects of lamb sex and food restriction in pregnancy
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: attachment, lamb behaviour, maternal behaviour, pasture allowance, sheep, undernutrition
2015
Cortisol response of restricted suckling or artificially milk-feeding to a short-term emotional stressor in dairy calves and their dams
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol, dairy cattle, isolation, stress, suckling
2007
Reducing mother-young separation distress by inducing ewes into oestrus at the day of weaning
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, mother-young separation, proceptivity, sheep, stress, weaning
2006
The effect of social rank on the physiological response during repeated stressful handling in Zebu cattle (Bos indicus)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cortisol, habituation, social rank, zebu cattle
2004
Minimal Number of Conspecifics Needed to Minimize the Stress Response of Isolated Mature Ewes
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: ewe, sheep, social isolation, stress
2001