Circus and zoo animal welfare in Sweden: an epidemiological analysis of data from regulatory inspections by the official competent authorities

Authors: P. L. Hitchens, J. Hultgren, J. Frössling, U. Emanuelson, L. J. Keeling

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based measures, circus, epidemiology, legislation, zoo

2017

The associations between animal-based welfare measures and the presence of indicators of food safety in finishing pigs

Authors: I. Alpigiani, C. Bacci, L. J. Keeling, M. D. Salman, F. Brindani, S. Pongolini, P. L. Hitchens, S. Bonardi

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based measures, finishing pigs, food safety, salmonella enterica, yersina entercolitica

2016

Prevalence and risk factors for overweight horses at premises in Sweden assessed using official animal welfare control data

Authors: P. L. Hitchens, J. Hultgren, J. Frossling, U. Emanuelson, L. J. Keeling

Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Keywords: body condition, compliance, epidemiology, equine, horse, legislation, logistic regression, obesity, welfare, welfare assessment

2016

Evaluation of microwave energy as a humane stunning technique based on electroencephalography (EEG) of anaesthetised cattle

Authors: J. L. Rault, P. H. Hemsworth, P. L. Cakebread, D. J. Mellor, C. B. Johnson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, electromagnetic, euthanasia, insensibility, pre-slaughter, slaughter

2014

Nutrition and health in amphibian husbandry

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Vance C. Alford, Jim Atkinson, Eric Baitchman, Diane Barber, William S. Blaner, Graham Crawshaw, Andy Daneault, Ellen Dierenfeld, Mark Finke, Greg Fleming, Ron Gagliardo, Eric A. Hoffman, William Karasov, Kirk Klasing, Elizabeth Koutsos, Julia Lankton, Shana R. Lavin, Andrew Lentini, Shannon Livingston, Brad Lock, Tom Mason, Alejandra McComb, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Tom Probst, Carlos Rodriguez, Kristine Schad, Kent Semmen, Jamie Sincage, M. Andrew Stamper, Jason Steinmetz, Kathleen Sullivan, Scott Terrell, Nina Wertan, Catharine J. Wheaton, Brad Wilson, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium, disease, ex situ, husbandry, life stage, nutrition, pathology, population, research, vitamin, water, zoo

2014

Are cats (Felis catus) from multi-cat households more stressed? Evidence from assessment of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite analysis

Authors: D. Ramos, A. Reche-Junior, P. L. Fragoso, R. Palme, N. K. Yanasse, V. R. Gouvêa, A. Beck, D. S. Mills

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cortisol, enzyme immunoassay, feline, housing, non-invasive

2013

Rival Presence Leads to Reversible Changes in Male Mate Choice of a Desert Dwelling Ungulate

Authors: T. Wronski, D. Bierbach, L. M. Czupalla, H. Lerp, M. Ziege, P. L. Cunningham, M. Plath

Publication/Journal: Behavioral Ecology

Keywords: audience effect, communication networks, gazella marica, male mate choice, sexual selection

2012

Female–Male Mounting in Japanese Macaques: The Proximate Role of Sexual Reward

Authors: P. L. Vasey, N. Duckworth

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: female–male mounting, japanese macaques, sexual reward

2008

Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming

Authors: J. Alan Pounds, Martín R. Bustamante, Luis A. Coloma, Jamie A. Consuegra, Michael P. L. Fogden, Pru N. Foster, Enrique La Marca, Karen L. Masters, Andrés Merino-Viteri, Robert Puschendorf, Santiago R. Ron, G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Christopher J. Still, Bruce E. Young

Publication/Journal: Nature

Keywords: atelopus, bufo periglenes, chytrid fungus, climate change, extinction, global warming, golden toad, monteverde harlequin frog

2006

Variables Influencing the Origins of Diverse Abnormal Behaviors in a Large Sample of Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: L.T. Nash, J. Fritz, P.A. Alford, L. Brent

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: abnormal behaviors, chimpanzees, learning, pan troglodytes, psychological well-being, rearing, sex differences

1999

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