Perspective: are animal scientists forgetting the scientific method and the essential role of statistics?
Publication/Journal: Animal Production Science
Keywords: agriculture, digestible energy, experimental design, measurement accuracy, multidisciplinary, pigs, treatment replications
2017
Dairy farmers’ use and non-use values in animal welfare: Determining the empirical content and structure with anchored best-worst scaling
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, animal welfare of dairy cow, attitudes, attributes, best–worst scaling, dairy & animal science, economic value in, food safety, food science & technology, indicators, models, non-use value, parameters, pig, planned behavior, use value
2016
Determinants of Individual Attitudes Toward Animal Welfare-Friendly Food Products
Publication/Journal: Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics
Keywords: & philosophy of science, agriculture, attributes, behavior, choice, confirmatory, consumer preferences, countries, environmental sciences, ethics, european cross-country study, factor analysis, fit indexes, history, livestock production, multidisciplinary, portrait value questionnaire, science, systems, values, willingness-to-pay
2016
Human-animal interactions and safety during dairy cattle handling-Comparing moving cows to milking and hoof trimming
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: agriculture, behavior, claw trimming, dairy & animal science, experience, food science & technology, injuries, injury risk, livestock, moving cattle, productivity, reactivity, training methods, veterinary, work safety, workers
2016
INVITED REVIEW: The usefulness of measuring glucocorticoids for assessing animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science
Keywords: 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-1, agriculture, amygdaloid complex, corticosteroid-binding globulin, corticosterone, cortisol, dairy & animal science, electrical-stimulation, free serum, isolation/restraint stress, luteinizing-hormone, pituitary-adrenal axis, plasma corticosteroids, stress responses, tissue cortisol activity, welfare assessment
2016
Managemental practices and welfare of pack animals in middle Himalayan region of India
Publication/Journal: Indian Journal of Animal Sciences
Keywords: agriculture, dairy & animal science, management practices, pack animals, welfare
2016
MOTIVATION, STRESS AND LEARNING CRITICAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT INFLUENCE THE HORSES’ VALUE AND TRAINING METHOD – A REVIEW
Publication/Journal: Annals of Animal Science
Keywords: acquisition, agriculture, behavior, cortisol, dairy & animal science, equus-caballus, extinction, fearfulness, glucocorticoids, horse, learning, memory consolidation, motivation, negative reinforcement, performance, stress, tasks, temperament
2016
A prospective exploration of farm, farmer, and animal characteristics in human-animal relationships: An epidemiological survey
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, attitudes, avoidance, behavioral-response, breed comparisons, calves, cattle, commercial dairy-cows, dairy & animal science, dairy cow, farmer's attitude, food science & technology, human-animal relationships, management, performance, productivity
2016
Regulatory Capture and the Welfare of Farm Animals in Australia
Publication/Journal: Animal Law and Welfare - International Perspectives
2016
Analysis of animal monitoring technologies in Germany from an innovation system perspective
Publication/Journal: Agricultural Systems
Keywords: agriculture, animal monitoring, challenges, governance, innovation processes, multidisciplinary, precision livestock farming, sectoral innovation, sensors, system, systemic intervention
2015