Inconsistency in dairy calves’ responses to tests of fearfulness
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: fearfulness, human-animal relationship, neophobia, reliability, validity, well-being
2016
Individual and group level trajectories of behavioural development in Border collies
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: dog canis familiaris, dog personality questionnaire, longitudinal, ontogeny, personality development
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
Development and application of a protocol to evaluate herd welfare in Dutch dairy farms
Publication/Journal: Livestock Science
Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, behavior, cattle, claw health, clinical lameness, dairy & animal science, dairy farming, deprivation, evaluation procedure, expert opinion, holstein cows, housing systems, reliability
2015
Does temperament affect learning in calves?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: calves, double demand operant conditioning, learning, principal component analysis, temperament
2015
Evaluating the effect of semi-group housing of rabbit does on their offspring’s fearfulness: can we use the open-field test?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: anxiety, novel object, novelty, open field, pre-natal effects., sociality
2015
Plumage damage in free-range laying hens: Behavioural characteristics in the rearing period and the effects of environmental enrichment and beak-trimming
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: feather pecking, free range, laying hen, open-field test, plumage damage, tonic immobility
2015
Space allowance during gestation and early maternal separation: Effects on the fear response and social motivation of lambs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: fearfulness, maternal separation, pre-natal stress, sheep, social motivation, space allowance, welfare
2015
Validation of a fear test in sport horses using infrared thermography
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research
Keywords: fear test, horse, infrared thermography, validity, welfare
2015
Comparison of the tonic immobility duration, heterophil to lymphocyte ratio, and fluctuating asymmetry of chicks reared with or without a broody hen, and of broody and non-broody hens
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: broody hen, chicks, heterophil to lymphocyte ratio, relative fluctuating asymmetry, tonic immobility duration
2014