Age‐based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: african elephant, age, behavioral development, cross-sectional, early social behavior, play
2021
Age‐based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, interaction, ontogeny, sociality
2021
Evaluation of a dustbathing substrate and straw bales as environmental enrichments in commercial broiler housing
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: broiler chicken, dustbathing, environmental enrichment, leg health, welfare
2018
A comparison of inferential analysis methods for multilevel studies: Implications for drawing conclusions in animal welfare science
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, mixed effect models, pig, sample size, study design
2017
Is interactive technology a relevant and effective enrichment for captive great apes?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: anthropomorphism, captive animals, environmental enrichment, free-choice, great apes, human-animal interaction, interactive digital technology, sanctuary animals, zoo
2016
Docking the value of pigmeat? Prevalence and financial implications of welfare lesions in Irish slaughter pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, carcase, economics, meat inspection, pig, tail-biting
2014
Behavioural and physiological responses of heifer calves to acute stressors: Long-term consistency and relationship with adult reactivity to milking
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behavioural test, dairy cattle, development, fearfulness, hpa axis, individual differences, temperament
2013
Does housing nulliparous dairy cows with multiparous animals prior to calving influence welfare- and production-related parameters after calving?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, cortisol, heifers, lying, pre-calving, regrouping
2013
Sex differences and similarities in the neuroendocrine regulation of social behavior in an African cichlid fish
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggression, androgen, androgen receptor, estrogen, estrogen receptor, progesterone, progesterone receptor, reproduction, social behavior
2013
The influence of access to aerial perches on fearfulness, social behaviour and production parameters in free-range laying hens
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, fear, feather pecking, laying hen, perches, welfare
2012