Assessing the Preference of Rabbit Does to Social Contact or Seclusion: Results of Different Investigations
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: group housing, motivational cage, preference test, rabbit does, social contact
2020
Effects of group size on behaviour, growth and occurrence of bite marks in farmed mink
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, bite marks, group housing, growth, mink
2017
Weaning and separation stress: maternal motivation decreases with litter age and litter size in farmed mink
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: glucocorticoids, infrared thermography (irt), litter size, maternal behaviour, stress, weaning
2016
Social bonds in the dispersing sex: partner preferences among adult female chimpanzees
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: chimpanzee social structure, core area, dyadic association, kin bias, range estimation, social bonding, social preference
2015
Bite marks in mink—Induced experimentally and as reflection of aggressive encounters between mink
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, group housing, mink, welfare indicator
2014
Pedometers as supervision tools for mares in the prepartal period
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behavioural markers, horses, parturition, pregnant mares, supervision
2014
Additional foraging elements reduce abnormal behaviour – fur-chewing and stereotypic behaviour – in farmed mink (Neovison vison)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: foraging, fur-chewing, neovison vison aka mustela vison, stereotypies, stress, welfare
2013
Investigation of distances covered by fattening pigs measured with VideoMotionTracker®
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: computer-supported measurement, fattening pigs, group-size, live weight, locomotion, rank order, sex
2011
Social behavior, foraging strategies, and fecal glucocorticoids in female blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis): potential fitness benefits of high rank in a forest guenon
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: energetic stress, feeding competition, foraging behavior, glucocorticoids, social status
2011
Running in a running wheel substitutes for stereotypies in mink (Mustela vison) but does it improve their welfare?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behavioral selection, behavioural selection, cortisol/corticosteroid, daily rhythm, mink, restricted feeding, stereotypy, wheel-running activity
2009