The ethical assessment of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in wildlife conservation
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies (art), biodiversity conservation, conservation ethics, Ethical assessment, research ethics
2024
Training in the Dark: Using Target Training for Non-Invasive Application and Validation of Accelerometer Devices for an Endangered Primate (Nycticebus bengalensis)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal training plan, animal welfare, bio-logger, positive reinforcement, random forest, strepsirrhine
2022
An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to Evaluate the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mammals’ Conservation: The Case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies, conservation ethics, ethical review process, ethical risk assessment, ethical self-assessment, northern white rhinoceros
2021
Evaluation of an enrichment programme for a colony of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in a rescue centre
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: behavior, cortisol, enrichment, macaca fascicularis, welfare
2021
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
Initial outcomes of a harmonized approach to collect welfare data in sport and leisure horses
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: agriculture, animal-based indicator, awin, behavior, dairy & animal science, data collection, health, horse, obesity, prevalence, responses, tests, validation, veterinary sciences, welfare assessment
2017
On-farm Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dairy goats in different housing conditions
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy goat, indoor housing, inter-observer reliability, pasture, qualitative behaviour assessment
2016
Use of Qualitative Behaviour Assessment as an indicator of welfare in donkeys
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: donkeys, qualitative behaviour assessment, welfare assessment
2016
Welfare assessment of horses: the AWIN approach
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based, horse, indicator, measure, on-farm
2016
A study on validity and reliability of on-farm tests to measure human–animal relationship in horses and donkeys
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: donkeys, horses, human-animal relationship, on-farm welfare assessment
2015