Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep
2019
Impact of structural and cognitive enrichment on the learning performance, behavior and physiology of dwarf goats (Capra aegagrus hircus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: cognitive enrichment, dwarf goat, open field, saliva cortisol, structural enrichment, visual-discrimination learning
2016
Effects of cognitive enrichment on behavioural and physiological reactions of pigs
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive enrichment, emotion, heart rate variability, operant conditioning, sus scrofa
2013
The emergence of emotional lateralization: Evidence in non-human vertebrates and implications for farm animals
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: emotion, farm animals, hemispheres, lateralization, vertebrates, welfare
2013
Investigations on Training, Recall and Reversal Learning of a Y-Maze by Dwarf Goats (Capra hircus): The Impact of Lateralisation
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: dwarf goats, lateralisation, learning, memory, reversal learning, y-maze
2012
Autonomic reactions indicating positive affect during acoustic reward learning in domestic pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: animal welfare, autonomic nervous system, cognition, emotion, environmental enrichment, heart rate variability, operant conditioning, sus scrofa
2011
Behavioural and cardiac responses towards conspecific distress calls in domestic pigs (Sus scrofa)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behaviour, distress, emotion, heart rate, pig, vocalisation
2011
Degree of social isolation affects behavioural and vocal response patterns in dwarf goats (Capra hircus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior patterns, behaviour patterns, dwarf goats, social isolation, vocalisation
2011
Feed barrier design affects behaviour and physiology in goats
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: faecal cortisol metabolites, feed barrier, goats, heart rate variability, social behaviour, stress
2011
From operant learning to cognitive enrichment in farm animal housing: bases and applicability
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, farm animals, learning, motivation, reward
2009