Effects of Ambient Environmental Factors on the Stereotypic Behaviors of Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: environmental factors, giant panda, stereotypy
2017
Investigating temporary acyclicity in a captive group of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Relationship between management, adrenal activity and social factors
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, birth synchrony, central mechanisms, chemical communication, dominance status, endocrinology & metabolism, enzyme immunoassay, estrous synchrony, glucocorticoids, loxodonta-africana elephants, management, oestrous synchrony, ovarian activity, reproduction, reproductive cyclicity, temporary acyclicity, zoo elephants
2016
Behavioral changes and feathering score in heat stressed broiler chickens fed diets containing different levels of propolis
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behavior, broiler, feather, heat stress, panting, propolis
2015
Invited review: Changes in the dairy industry affecting dairy cattle health and welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: activity-monitoring-system, agriculture, antimicrobials, automated calf feeder, automated milking system, automatic, avium subspecies paratuberculosis, biosecurity, clinical mastitis, dairy & animal science, farm-animal, food science & technology, genome-wide association, herd size, immune-response traits, level risk-factors, milking systems, somatic-cell score, viral diarrhea virus, welfare
2015
Willingness of Dutch broiler and pig farmers to convert to production systems with improved welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, barriers to adoption, broiler production, contingent valuation, farmers' decision-making, pig production
2015
Mating status and kin recognition influence the strength of cannibalism
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: confused flour beetle, filial cannibalism, kin recognition, mating status, tribolium confusum
2013
Captive-Reared Burrowing Owls Show Higher Site-Affinity, Survival, and Reproductive Performance When Reintroduced Using a Soft-Release
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: athene cunicularia, avian reintroduction, captive-reared, enclosures, endangered species, hard-release, soft-release
2011
Observations on the female reproductive cycles of captive Asian yellow pond turtles (Mauremys mutica) with radiography and ultrasonography
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: asian yellow pound turtle, mauremys mutica, radiography, reproductive cycle, ultrasonography
2010
Individual Personality and the Spatial Distribution of Groups of Grazing Animals: An Example with Sheep
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: exploration test, grazing, minimum convex hull area, nearest neighbour distance, sheep, shy–bold continuum
2009
Use of thermography to screen for subclinical bumblefoot in poultry
Publication/Journal: Poultry Science
Keywords: bumblefoot, chicken, infection, thermography, welfare
2009