A functional approach to the body condition assessment of lactating donkeys as a tool for welfare evaluation
Publication/Journal: Peerj
Keywords: adiposity, body condition, condition score, disorders, domestic horses, donkey, equus-asinus, fatty neck score, milk, morphometric measurements, multidisciplinary sciences, ponies, prevalence, risk-factors, welfare
2017
Welfare effects of a disease eradication programme for dairy goats
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: caprine arthritis encephalitis, caseous lymphadenitis, dairy goat welfare, disease eradication, paratuberculosis
2015
Development and testing of an on-farm welfare assessment protocol for dairy goats
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, dairy goats, health, human-animal relationships, stockmanship
2013
Human-animal relationships in the Norwegian dairy goat industry: assessment of pain and provision of veterinary treatment (Part II)
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy goats, human-animal relationships, pain assessment, pain management, veterinary treatment
2012
Applying fractal analysis to heart rate time series of sheep experiencing pain
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: detrended fluctuation analysis, heart rate variability, pain, sheep, welfare
2010
The use of a hand-held algometer as a method to measure mechanical nociceptive thresholds in sheep
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: algometer, animal welfare, mechanical nociceptive threshold, metacarpus, pain, sheep
2010
Aggression, Salivary Cortisol, and Measures of Immune Competence in Goats Housed at Two Different Space Allowances
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, goat, immune competence, pen design, space allowance, stress
2009
Exploring non-invasive methods to assess pain in sheep
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behaviour, eye temperature, heart rate variability, infrared thermography, pain, sheep
2009
Assessment of sheep welfare using on-farm registrations and performance data
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based measures, production, resource-based measures, sheep, welfare-assessment protocol
2001