Efficacy and Animal Welfare Impacts of Novel Capture Methods for Two Species of Invasive Wild Mammals in New Zealand
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: bennett's wallaby, cervus-elaphus, darting, ground-based netting, net-gunning, Notamacropus rufogriseus, red deer, thiafentanil, tiletamine-zolazepam
2019
An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Accuracy and registration success in a free-range area
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: accuracy, outdoor, poultry, signal reception, ultra-wideband, vegetation
2018
An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Effects of wearing a backpack on behaviour, leg health and production
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: body weight, broiler chicken, habituation, position monitoring, ultra-wideband, welfare
2018
Case control study on environmental, nutritional and management-based risk factors for tail-biting in long-tailed pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, environment, feeding, pig, risk factor, tail-biting
2018
Barren diets increase wakeful inactivity in calves
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, diet, inactivity, stereotypies, veal calves
2017
Behavioural testing based breeding policy reduces the prevalence of fear and aggression related behaviour in Rottweilers
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, behavioural testing, c-barq, dog, fear, prevalence
2017
Effect of free-range access, shelter type and weather conditions on free-range use and welfare of slow-growing broiler chickens
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: artificial shelter, fearfulness, leg health, outdoor, poultry, short rotation coppice
2017
The importance of hormonal circadian rhythms in daily feeding patterns: An illustration with simulated pigs
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: alternans pattern, circadian rhythm, cortisol, decision-making, energy balance, feeding behaviour, melatonin, modelling, motivation, pig
2017
Validity and reliability of cardiac measures during behavioural tests in pet dogs at home
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: arousal, behaviour, canine, heart rate, physiology, test battery
2017
Agent-based modelling in applied ethology: An exploratory case study of behavioural dynamics in tail biting in pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: agent-based model, behavioural patterns, motivation, tail biting behaviour, time-budget, welfare
2016