Noise interfere on feeding behaviour but not on food preference of saffron finches (Sicalis flaveola)

Authors: Renan Henriques Lage Duarte, Marcela Fortes de Oliveira Passos, Marina Vale Beirão, Afiwa Midamegbe, Robert John Young, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, finches, noise pollution

2023

The quest to develop automated systems for monitoring animal behavior

Authors: Janice M. Siegford, Juan P. Steibel, Junjie Han, Madonna Benjamin, Tami Brown-Brandl, Joao R. R. Dórea, Daniel Morris, Tomas Norton, Eric Psota, Guilherme J. M. Rosa

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behavior, Automated monitoring technology, observation, sensors

2023

How Can We Assess Positive Welfare in Ruminants?

Authors: Silvana Mattiello, Monica Battini, Giuseppe De Rosa, Fabio Napolitano, Cathy Dwyer

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, buffaloes, cattle, Five Domains, goats, positive indicators, ruminants, sheep

2019

Corticosterone levels and behavioral changes induced by simultaneous exposure to chronic social stress and enriched environments in NMRI male mice

Authors: Patricia Mesa-Gresa, Marta Ramos-Campos, Rosa Redolat

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, corticosterone, environmental enrichment, learning, mice, social stress

2016

Application of the Welfare Quality protocol to dairy buffalo farms: Prevalence and reliability of selected measures

Authors: G. De Rosa, F. Grasso, C. Winckler, A. Bilancione, C. Pacelli, F. Masucci, F. Napolitano

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: agriculture, behavior, bubalus-bubalis, cattle, cows, dairy & animal science, dairy buffalo, food science & technology, housing system, milk, parameters, protein, welfare monitoring, welfare quality®

2015

A continuous recording approach to qualitative behaviour assessment in dairy buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Authors: Fabio Napolitano, Giuseppe De Rosa, Maria Serrapica, Ada Braghieri

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: continuous recording, mediterranean dairy buffalo, observer training, qualitative behaviour assessment, temporal dominant behavioural expression

2015

Feeding behavior and the effect of photoperiod on the performance and hematological parameters of the pacamã catfish (Lophiosilurus alexandri)

Authors: Alexandre Takio Kitagawa, Leandro Santos Costa, Renan Rosa Paulino, Ronald Kennedy Luz, Priscila Vieira Rosa, Bartira Guerra-Santos, Rodrigo Fortes-Silva

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: daily rhythms, feeding activity, feeding zeitgeber, growth, locomotor-activity

2015

Influences of various factors on cows’ entrance order into the milking parlour

Authors: Annemari Polikarpus, Tanel Kaart, Hannes Mootse, Giuseppe De Rosa, David Arney

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cows’ behaviour, health monitoring, mastitis, milking order, precision livestock farming (plf)

2015

Is Sarcoptes scabiei infection in pigs a major welfare concern? A quantitative assessment of its effect in the host’s nocturnal rubbing and lying behavior

Authors: Elena Goyena, Rocío Ruiz de Ybáñez, Carlos Martínez-Carrasco, Aída Sáez-Acosta, Guillermo Ramis, Alejandro Torrecillas, Francisco Alonso de Vega, Rosa Casais, José Manuel Prieto, Eduardo Berriatua

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: histamine, lying, pigs, rubbing, sarcoptes scabiei

2015

Effect of pre-partum habituation to milking routine on behaviour and lactation performance of buffalo heifers

Authors: Annemari Polikarpus, Fabio Napolitano, Fernando Grasso, Rossella Di Palo, Fabio Zicarelli, David Arney, Giuseppe De Rosa

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, buffalo heifer, milking, pre-partum habituation

2014

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