A comparison of welfare outcomes for weaner and mature Bos indicus bulls surgically or tension band castrated with or without analgesia: 2. Responses related to stress, health and productivity
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: beef cattle, castration, cortisol, inflammation, ketoprofen, pain
2014
Do rubber rings coated with lignocaine reduce the pain associated with ring castration of lambs?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, castration, cortisol, lambs, transdermal anaesthesia
2014
Does the timing of estrogen administration after castration affect its ability to preserve sexual interest in male rats? — Exploring the critical period hypothesis
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: androgen-deprivation, castration, critical period hypothesis, estradiol, libido, mounting, sexual interest
2013
Effects of neonatal castration on social behaviour, human–animal relationship and feeding activity in finishing pigs reared in a conventional or an enriched housing
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, castration, housing system, human-animal relationship, pig
2013
Immunocastration with Improvac™ reduces aggressive and sexual behaviours in male pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, immunocastration, improvac™, male pigs
2013
Mounting behaviour in finishing pigs: Stable individual differences are not due to dominance or stage of sexual development
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: dominance, mounting behaviour, puberty, sexual behaviour, welfare
2013
Organizational effects of estrogen on male-type vulnerability to early weaning
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: early weaning, estrogen, gonadal hormones, perinatal sexual organization, vulnerability to stress
2013
Attitudes of Canadian beef producers toward animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, beef, canada, qualitative, values
2012
Behavior, production results and meat quality of intact boars and gilts housed in unmixed groups: A comparative study
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behavior, boar, meat quality, pig
2012
Differences induced by incubation temperature, versus androgen manipulation, in male leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: androgens, castration, lizard, sociosexual behavior, temperature-dependent sex determination
2012